Mining Incidents

211Metal/Nonmetal

San Antonio, Bexar County, TX · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104704
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Dec 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was replacing bolt on screen when counter weight pulley pulled bolt & employee's left hand onto pulley under belt. Employee was pulling bolt when injury occurred. Center finger on left hand received 3-4 stitches.

Struck by falling object

At 8 pm on 4/10/08 a section of highwall collapsed. The materials covered half of the 992 c loader a rock broke thru the windshield causing a laceration of the scalp and right hand.