Mining Incidents

Plant No 68 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
Colorado County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101081

MSHA record for Plant No 68 (mine ID 4101081). 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
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1985 · 1 incident

July 2, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER STEPPED THROUGH A HOLE IN A WALKWAY WHILE HOLDING A BRACE TO BE WELDED. THE WALKWAY WAS ON A TRUCK BEING LOADED FOR SHIPMENT FROM PLT 68 TO PLT 27. HE CUT HIS RIGHT LEG AND CRACKED TWO RIBS.

1984 · 2 incidents

August 3, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING CONVEYOR BELT FROM TRUSS FRAME THAT WAS BEING REPLACED THE LOOSE END OF BELT CAUGHT IN TAIL PULLEY WHEN LOOSENING BELT FROM PULLEY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED ON BELT CAUSING IT TO BREAK FREE & HIT I.NAME LEFT HAND AGAINST SHARP PC OF STEEL CAUSING LACERATION ON TOP SIDE OF I.NAME LEFT HAND

1983 · 3 incidents

October 23, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LACING FIELD CONVEYOR. WHILE TRYING TO SITUATE A 2"X8" BOARD UNDERNEATH A PIECE OF PLYWOOD, THAT THE LACE WAS BEING MADE ON, HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE 2X8 AND A 3-TON CON ME-ALONG, BEING USED TO PULL THE SPLICE TOGETHER.

May 25, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REPAIR 14X12 DENVER SAND PUMP TRYING TO REMOVE TAPER LOC BUSHING FROM DRIVE SHEAVE THE REPAIRMAN WASDRIVING A CHISEL WITH A 3 LB MALLET BETWEEN BUSHING A SHEAVE TO WEDGE T HEM LOOSE WHILE STRIKING CHISEL IT FLEW LOOSE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ABOVE LEFT EYE IN FOREHEAD

January 16, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer ELECTRICAL
Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · Contact with electrical current

OPERATOR WAS WROKING WITH GIFFORD-HILL CREW MOVING A LARGE HOPPER ON R/R TRACKS. THE CREW WAS MOVING THE HOPPER BACK & FORTH CURVING THE TRACKS EACH TIME TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF T HE H OPPER WHEN ONE SET OF WHEELS CAME OFF THE TRACK SAT MORN. & REQUIRED AL DAY YO REPAIR. MEANWHILE MARTIN ELECT. COMM CONT EXTENDED A 4160 FIELD LINE OVER THE OPPOSITE END OF THE TRACKS. SUN MO

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