Mining Incidents

Skyhigh PitMetal/Nonmetal

Mexia, Limestone County, TX · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103931
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2026 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

On February 20, 2026, at approximate 7:30 am our miner suffered a fall due to not wearing fall protection injuring an ankle, ribs, back and head,

2019 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was working on Impact Crusher when rotor turned pinching right hand between blow bar and side of crusher.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator was exiting cab of 336F Excavator holding on to the handrail facing the inside of cab when both feet slipped off track feeling a jerking motion to EE's left shoulder. The tracks on the machine were damp with material build up.

2017 · 2 incidents

Fall from ladders

Employee fell off ladder catching self with right hand.

Struck by flying object

Employee was removing a bearing race from screen housing with a hammer tapping the race causing a piece of the race to chip off striking employee in the left leg above knee. The foreign body embedded under the skin.

2011 · 1 incident

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

Driver was getting out of truck and turned to walk back to unlock the tailgate when he slipped in the mud. On the way to the ground he reached up with his right hand and grabbed for the door handle, instead he grabbed the door jam and the door closed so hard on his hand to the point it actually latched shut. Causing a laceration to his ring finger and exposed the bone.

2009 · 1 incident

Contact with heat

Heat Exhaustion - became dehydrated while working on a shot.

2007 · 1 incident

Fall from ladders

Employee was welding on a platform for a cone crusher, fell about 3 1/2 feet to ground while descending ladder. Ladder was inside platform between two catwalks. Employee lost his balance and fell striking and fracturing his coccyx either on angle iron or rock on ground.

2005 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

GUARD RAIL BROKE WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CONVEYOR BELT. EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 10 FEET.

2000 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CALLED IN FOR BLASTER TO SHOOT A SHOT. EE WENT TO FIRE SHOT. HE WAS UNDER HAUL UNIT USED FOR COVER WHEN A ROCK CAME OUT OF SHOT, BOUNCED AND HIT HIM ON THE KNEE CAUSING A CUT THAT NEEDED ST ITCHES. EE WAS 633 FEET FROM SHOT.