Mining Incidents

West Cole Facility Metal/Non-Metal

Total Minerals Corp · Facility
Webb County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103059

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Nov 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

November 9, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Total Minerals Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HITCH A LOADED ACID TRAILER TO THE BUMPER OF A 4X4 PICKUP.THE BUMPER ON THE PICKUP WAS HIGHER THAN THE MINIMUM LIFT HEIGHT OF THE LIFT JACK AND THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO M ANUALLY LIFT THE ACID TRAILER TONGUE TO HITCH ONTO THE BUMPER.AS HE EXERTED FORCE TO LIFT,HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS TONGUE TO HITCH ONTO THE BUMPER.AS HE EXERTED FORCE TO LIFT HE FELT A SHA

May 23, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Total Minerals Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNHITCH SLURRY TRAILER FROM TRACTOR AS HE WAS EXERTING FORCE ON LIFT JACK,HE FELT A HARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA.INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS LOWER BACK MUSCLE SPASMS.

1988 · 2 incidents

August 2, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Total Minerals Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE REMOVING AN 8" VALVE ON NORTH INJECTION PUMP EMPLOYEE PULLED ON LALVE STEM AND FELT A SHARP PAIN TO HIS RIGHT SIDE OVER HIP.

February 21, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Total Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN AN 8 IN BUTTERFLY VALVE EMPLOYEE EXERTED SOME FORCE CAUSING A SHARP PAIN INHIS CHEST EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PLACE A SAND FILTER ON LINE

1987 · 1 incident

August 3, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Total Minerals Corp · Rubbed or abraded

EMPLOYEE SUFFER9D A SCRATCHED LEFT CORNEA WHEN HE WIPED HIS EYEBROW WITH HIS SHIRT SLEEVE. HE HAD BEEN CUTTING SOME SCREEN MESH TO CONSTRUCT SOME STRAINERS WHEN SOME PIECES OF SCREEN FELL UNTO HIS SHIRT SLEE5E. HE REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO WIPE HIS BROW, WHEN HE FELT SOME DISCOMFORT.

1984 · 1 incident

May 21, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Tenneco Uranium Inc · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS ENGAGING A MAIN ELECTRICAL BREAKER IN WELLFIELD AS SOON AS BREAKER BECAME ENGAGED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT RESULTED ELECTRICAL FLASH CAUSED A SECOND DEGREE BURN TO RT FOREARM PRIMARY DAMAGE TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WS CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORM ON 051984 RESULTING IN SHORT CIRCUIT

1983 · 3 incidents

December 13, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tenneco Uranium Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MR GUZMAN HAD PULLED A LEASED PORTABLE TRAILER-MOUNTED COMPRESSOR TO THE POND AREA WITH HIS PICKUP TRUCK. AS MR. GUZMAN LIFTED THE TRAILER TONGUE TO UNHITCH IT FROM THE PICKUP, THE TRAILR SLOW LY BEGAN MOVING FORWARD. HE HELD THE TRAILER BACK TO KEEP IT FROM HITTING THE TAILGATE OF THE PICKUP WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA. MR. GUZMAN HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON

December 8, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tenneco Uranium Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR GUZMAN AND SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE DIGGING POST HOLES AT PROPOSED WELLFIELD III WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED SOME HARD CALICHE A STEEL BREAKING BAR WAS REQUIRED TO HELP BREAK THE CALICHE. AS MR GUZ MAN WAS THRUSTING THE BAR INTO THE POST HOLE, IT RICOCHETED OFF THE CALICHE AND THE TOP PORTION OF THE BAR HIT GUZMAN ON THE UPPER LIP CAUSING A LACERATION 5 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE

March 31, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tenneco Uranium Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A 4 IN COUPLING FROM A PIECE OF 4 IN PVC PIPE THE COUPLING HAD BEEN GLUED AND THE EMP WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO PRY THE COUPLING OFF THE FORCE OF THE SCREW DRIVER CAUSED A PVC SHAVING TO HIT MR GARZA IN LEFT EYE HE SUFFERED A SCRATCHED LEFT CORNEA