Mining Incidents

Radiant Red QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, TX · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101216
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2016
Latest incident
Mar 2016
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2016 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was putting a diamond wire cable on an idler wheel when EE slipped in the mud causing EE's hand to contact the wheel.

2010 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee and supervisor were loading the trailer with parts when the weight shifted on the load, hitting a timber. Injured employee stepped down off the trailer quickly, injuring his knee.

2007 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee was exiting a loader when he stepped on a metal splice in a fuel hose on the ground causing him to roll (sprain) his right ankle.

2004 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Ee was stepping onto a piece of granite grout near a creek when the piece of grout rolled over causing him to fall thus hitting his left arm/elbow area on another piece of granite grout causing a compound fracture to his left arm/elbow. He had two plates and 14 screws implanted in his arm during surgery.

2003 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

AFTER SHUTTING MACHINE OFF, EE WAS EXITING THE GALION DRILL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL THUS HITTING HIS LEFT ELBOW, LEG AND ANKLE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE MACHINE. HE RECEIVED A DEEP BRUISE TO HIS LEFT ELBOW AND WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.