Mining Incidents

Voca Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Texas Mining Lp · Surface
Controlled by Carmeuse Holding SA
Mcculloch County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101002

MSHA record for Voca Plant (mine ID 4101002). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1988 · 1 incident

October 6, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING POOR LIGHTING, LIFTING FROM CROUCHED ON KNEE POSTION DAMAGE STRAINED LUMBER.

1987 · 2 incidents

December 7, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
U S Silica Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME & OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING (HOISTING) HOOD OFF MACHINE. WHEN HOOD PULLED AWAY FROM RADIATOR CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE BALANCE, RESULTING IN HOOD SMASHING FINGER AGAINST RADIATOR PIPE, CAU SING RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO BECOME LACERATED, REQUIRING FINGER TO BE SOWN UP.

October 1, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
U S Silica Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL LU3G DISEASE-SILICOSIS OCT.1, 1987 RELEASE OF JUDGEMENT.

1986 · 1 incident

April 28, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING LOAD HEAVY CRATE INTO TRUCK TRAILER CRATE SLIPPED AND FELL ON EMPLOYEES LEFT THUMB REQUIRING SUTURES

1985 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident

April 27, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OTHER
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHECKING THE WIRING HARNESS IN A TRUCK, IN TRYING TO GET IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO SEE UNDER THE DASH HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

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