Mining Incidents

Eagle Lake Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by W A Keckley
Eagle Lake, Colorado County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103451

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2003–2016
Latest incident
Jun 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
160
citations
43
significant & substantial
$79,487
proposed penalties
$61,085
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 1,846 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,583 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,456 2 1 578.7
2021 Q3 3,414 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,466 2 0 577.0
2021 Q1 4,126 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,268 3 1 702.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2016 · 1 incident

June 22, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
Specialty Sand Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

The miner put on rubber boots because it was raining and a spider that was inside bit foot. EE went to the hospital a couple days later and they amputated one toe.

2013 · 1 incident

May 6, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Specialty Sand Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was directing a front end loader to drop its bucket, but was standing under the bucket. His foot was caught between the bucket and the ground. His toe was broken.

2005 · 1 incident

November 28, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Specialty Sand Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Driver came in 4:00 am to load his load his truck. When strapping load down, strap got caught between the pallet. He got on side to get strap when he slipped and fell and injured his lower backside.

2003 · 1 incident

September 17, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ANOTHER EE SWUNG AT HIM WITH A FILLED TUBE AND HIT HIM WHEN HE RAISED HIS HAND TO BLOCK HIS FACE FROM BEING HIT. INJURING EE'S RING FINGER.