Mining Incidents

BALCONES CLAY PITMetal/Nonmetal

Seguin, Guadalupe County, TX · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103039
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009–2012
Latest incident
Feb 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

Contact with hot objects or substances

The injured employee was operating a Caterpillar scraper. He just dumped his load and turned the machine around when the drivers side tire exploded. The employee suffered first degree burns to his arms and neck.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Employee was using a pick to remove clay that built up between the grinding teeth of a milling machine. When the pick accidentally struck one of the teeth on the machine, a sliver of metal hit the employee on the chin. Over the next 5 days the area began to fester until he was taken to the doctor for observation.