Mining Incidents

South QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by GCC SAB de CV
El Paso, El Paso County, TX · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103278
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Feb 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was holding the top of a pipe to connect to a water pump, when the pipe slipped, causing EE's left index finger to get caught between the pipe and a beam. EE's left index finger tip and part of the finger nail were severed off.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a piece of a conveyor belt on section 2. He was holding the loose piece with his right hand, while putting pressure to cut with his left hand, the utility knife slipped cutting thru his right glove and right thumb. He got stitches to his right thumb. Utility knife use has been changed for scissors to eliminate the hazard in this activity.