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
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 file1984 · 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
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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