Mining Incidents

CARROLL'S ROCK PITS Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jack Carroll
Millsap, Parker County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103779

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2005–2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
36
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,152
proposed penalties
$6,057
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
2020 Q2 1,187 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,903 4 0 1377.9
2019 Q4 1,952 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,102 1 0 475.7
2019 Q2 2,402 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,852 5 1 2699.8
2018 Q4 2,442 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,902 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2017 · 1 incident

January 11, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carroll Stone & Rock, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was using pick to loosen small surface boulders from dirt and felt a pain in back. EE suspects this pain is related to a recent injury for which ee had been treated and released back to full duty.

2016 · 3 incidents

June 13, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carroll Stone & Rock, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner began to feel pain in their back after performing usual duties of dressing stone, loading stone into loader bucket.

June 7, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Carroll Stone & Rock, Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Equipment operator was cleaning debris from ventilation area of excavator and was bitten by a rat hidden in debris.

May 13, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carroll Stone & Rock, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner states EE was carrying a rock and felt a pain in the knee. EE initially thought the issue would resolve on its own. EE has been diagnosed with a strain and receiving physical therapy also wearing a brace. EE will be re-evaluated at regular intervals.

2014 · 1 incident

September 22, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carroll Stone & Rock, Inc. · Struck by falling object

The employee was handling a piece of rock when he lost hold of it and it landed on his left foot behind the steel toe. His medical report states he has a fractured metatarsal and the employee is currently not at work. It is not known how long he will be on off duty status at this time.

2011 · 1 incident

October 10, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carroll Stone & Rock, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The miner feels like sometime during the course of the day he did something to stain his back and did not feel the effects until he returned home that evening. Miner initially felt like the strain was not bad enough to stop him from his duties, but later decided he was impaired.

2010 · 1 incident

April 19, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carroll'S Stone & Rock · Struck by falling object

An employee dropped a rock on his foot while trimming it with a hammer.

2006 · 1 incident

October 23, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carroll'S Stone & Rock · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was moving a rock weighing approx 30 lb when he felt a pain in his upper left leg. He was diagnosed as having a ligament sprain.

2005 · 1 incident

July 5, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carroll'S Stone & Rock · Struck by flying object

A small shard of metal broke off of the sledgehammer the miner was using to trim rock and lodged in his right leg approx 4" below the knee. He was taken to the E.R. where the shard was removed and 3 stitches were applied. Miner was released for work immediately but was given 2 days off.