Mining Incidents

HODSON URANIUM PROJECT Metal/Non-Metal

Karnes County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4102913

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

1989 · 1 incident

March 15, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Everest Exploration Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL WAS WALKING THROUGH PLANT AREA & TRIPPED OVER PIPE & SUBSEQUENTLY HIT MOUTH ON ANOTHER 6" PVC PIPE KNOCING OUT ONE TOOTH & DAMAGING ANOTHER WHICH LATER HAD TO BE REMOVED.

1988 · 5 incidents

September 20, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Everest Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS CLOSING A 2IN PVC BALL VALVE & SPRAINED HIS THUMB EMPLOYEE HAD A CAST APPLIED TO RT.HAND TO IMMOBILIZE THUMB

September 1, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Everest Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAY OVER A DRUM OF CAUSTIC OVER ON ITS SIDE

August 20, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Everest Exploration Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS LOADING A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP AND MOTOR INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK ONE OF THE TIGHTENING BAND S ON THE FLUID END PUMP WAS BROKEN AND CUT HIS ARM DURING LOADING . HE FINISHED OUT THE SHIFT AND LATER WENT OT EMER. ROOM WHERE HE REC. TWO STITCHES AND TETNUS SHOT.

June 6, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Everest Exploration Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TOLD TO MOVE SMALL ANGLE IRON FROM OUTSIDE STORAGE RACK TO AN INDOOR STORAGE RACK WHILE DOING THIS THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF METAL NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE OUTDOOR RACK RES ULTING IN THE KNEE INJURY.

March 21, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Everest Exploration Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WAS UNROLLING POLYETHLENE HOSE FROM A SPOOL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.

1987 · 2 incidents

July 14, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Everest Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED BACK RE4OVING ROD OUT DEVICE FROM HOPPER.DEVICE BECAME STRUCK IN BOTTOM VALVE AND BACK WAS STRAINED PULLING UP ON ROD HANDLE.STRAINED LOWER BACK.RETURNED TO WORK UNTIO 7-20-87.

March 9, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Everest Exploration Inc · Struck by flying object

VICTIM WAS GRIN8ING ON A PIECE OF METAL ATTACHED TO A FORKLIFT HE WAS WEARING SHIELDED SAFETY GLASSES BUT A PIECE OF METAL EVEDENALLY BOUNCED OFF OF ANOTHER PART OF THE FORKLIFT AND ENTERED HI

1986 · 3 incidents

August 15, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Everest Exploration Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

OPERATOR LIFTIN1 100 LB SACKS OF SODA ASH AND DUMPING THEM INTO CEMENT MIXING VAT.STRAINED SHOULDER WHILE LIFTING SACK UP TO EDGE OF VAT.

May 28, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Everest Exploration Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

OPERAOR WAS MOV3NG SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS IN WELL FIELD WHICH REQUIRED SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY LIFTING. WHEN CHANGING HIS BOOTS AT LUNCH FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

January 7, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Everest Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS ATTE4PTING TO GET ABOUT AN 80 LB BUCKET OF DRY YELLOW CAKE UP TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS 10 FT UP AN PLATFORM HE CLIMBED UP 2 STEPS UP THE LADDER AND TRIED TO RAISE THE BUCKET UP T O THE OTHER EMP5OYEE HE RAISED THE BUCKET ABOUT SHOULDER HIGH AND HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

1985 · 2 incidents

October 18, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Everest Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING DRUM OF WASTE MATERIAL ONTO TRAILER TO DISPOSE OF LOADED DRUMSW/FORK LIFT HAUL TO WASTEPIT UNLOADED BY HAND TRYING TO TIP HEAVY DRUM OF SOLID WASTE MATERIALS OFF TRAILER PULLED SOMETHI NG IN POWER BACK

January 19, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Everest Exploration Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WAS UNLOADING TANKER OPF BLEACH HAD ALL OF HIS SAFETY EQUIP ON WHILE HOOKING UP. WHEN HE WAS READY TO START PUMPING HE TOOK THE SAFETY EQUIP PFF. AS HE STARTED TO PUMP THE HOSE BURST & SPRAYE D HIS EYED & BODY WITH SOLUTION. WAS TAKEN TO HOSP & KEPT OVER NIGHT & RELEASED 1-20-85.

1984 · 4 incidents

September 14, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Everest Exploration Inc · Fall from ladders

OPERATOR WAS ADDING ACID TO T ANK BY BUCKET THROUGH TOP MANWAY OPERATOR SLIPPED OFF OF LADDER AND DROPPED THE BUCKET IN THE FALL SAID OPERATORS GOGGLES WERE DISLODGED OPERATOR HIT IN THE EYES BY 32% HC ACID AND OTHER DEBRIS FROM BUCKET

June 20, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Everest Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE OPERATOR WAS STANDING ON A GRATING PLATFORM AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB DOWN A SHORT 3FT LADDER HIS FIRST FOOT ON THE LADDER SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN A GROIN MUSCLE

March 17, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant OTHER
Everest Exploration Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TECH WAS DOING A RADIATION SURVEY ON THE END COMPARTMENT OF THE SLURRY TRAILER. A STRONG GUST OF WIND BLEW THE LID CLOSED N HER ARMS.

February 24, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Everest Exploration Inc · Struck by flying object

DOING CARPENTER WORK ON THE DOOR TO THE INSTRUMENT OFFICE NAIL OR HAMMER CHIPPED AND A PIECE GOT INTO HIS EYE

1983 · 1 incident

June 18, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Everest Exploration Inc · Struck against stationary object

RICHARD WAS LIFTING A FLUID END OF A PUMP THAT WEIGH APPROXIMATELY 40 LBS. AND HE STRUCKA THE TAILGATE ON A PICKUP WITH HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP. HE DID N FEEL ANY PAIN UNTIL THAT NIGHT. HE WENT TO A DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING MONDAY MORNING.