Mining Incidents

IMAGE MATERIALSMetal/Nonmetal

IMAGE MATERIALS · Surface
Controlled by Perry Vaughn Proffitt
Aurora, Wise County, TX · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104147
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2013–2017
Latest incident
Jul 2017
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 1 incident

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

Cut right ring finger when it was caught between a sharp edge on an engine block and a piece of pipe while lowering engine block to the ground.

2015 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Ladder slipped and he hit his head on a pulley guard. He failed to get help holding the ladder stable. Protective equipment was in place. He needed 3 staples to closed cut and returned to work next day.

2013 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured stepped down with right foot from back of service truck into a depression on the ground and foot folded over. Injured felt a kind of pop, then ankle felt like it was on fire.