Mining Incidents

Mica Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Alamo Mica Company · Surface
Controlled by Smith Charles L
Culberson County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103063

MSHA record for Mica Mine (mine ID 4103063). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
May 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

May 19, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Alamo Mica Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WENT INTO SHED THAT HOUSES PROPANE PREHEATER. PROPANE PRE-HEATER SHED WAS FILLED W/GAS & PREHEATER PILOT IGNITED IT AS HE WAS GOING INTO BLDG, PROBABLY CAUSED BY IMPROPER COMBUSTION S INCE NO LEAKS WERE FOUND IN THE PRE-HEATER

1983 · 1 incident

October 24, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alamo Mica Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

REMOVING ROCKS FROM THE GRIZZLY WE HAD RAIN AT THE PLANT THE NIGHT BEFORE EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK AND FELL

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