Mining Incidents

Miller Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Connie Spiegel
Temple, Bell County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103803

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Apr 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
15
significant & substantial
$5,035
proposed penalties
$5,035
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
2004 Q3 1,759 1 0 568.5
2004 Q2 6,322 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,216 3 0 575.2
2003 Q4 5,116 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,009 4 0 665.7
2003 Q2 5,621 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,391 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,279 3 1 477.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

April 26, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EE WAS USING MACHINE TO BREAK BOULDERS. HE GOT OFF THE MACHINE TO USE BATHROOM. WHEN GETTING BACK ON MACHINE, HE SLIPPED AND FELL, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

January 20, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Shallow Ford Construction Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS HELPING OTHER EE WELD EQUIPMENT WITHOUT PROPER EYE PROTECTION.

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 2 incidents

August 20, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shallow Ford Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 30 LB TUBES FROM ONE TRUCK & PUTTING ON ANOTHER TRUCK 10' AWAY. INJURY CAUSED BY TWISTING WHILE LIFTING. DIDN'T KNOW BACK WAS HURT UNTILTHAT NIGHT. DISCOMFORT ABATED AFTER WALKING FOR A MINUTE. WENT TO DOCTOR AS A PRECAUTION. DOCTORSAID IT SHOULD GO AWAY ENTIRELY IN A WEEK OR TWO

2000 · 3 incidents

May 11, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shallow Ford Construction Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS FINISHING GREASING ON TOP OF CONVEYOR AND WAS WALKING BACK DOWN THE CONVEYOR AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON CONVEYOR.

April 21, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver ELECTRICAL
Shallow Ford Construction Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

WAS DUMPING PEA GRAVEL IN STOCKPILE AREA NEXT TO POWER LINES WHEN HIS TRAILOR GOT CAUGHT UP INTO THE POWER LINES.

March 10, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shallow Ford Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS LOADING TRUCKS ON STATE STOCKPILE, MATERIAL WAS PACKED HARD AND WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING INTO STOCKPILE THE LOADER JERKED HARD AND EMPLOYEE'S BACK JERKED.