Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher #4Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Doug Walterscheid
CLARENDON, Donley County, TX · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4104845
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2016–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee was removing worn cutting edges from front end loader using cutting torch to remove old bolts when cutting edge fell landing on left foot breaking 5 toes

2021 · 2 incidents

Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was checking fluid levels on a track stacker after it shut off. Radiator cap was loose and hot fluid hit employee in face and wrist.

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

Employees were changing a sprocket on crusher feeder. Sprocket slipped, lacerating the pinky on left hand requiring stitches.

2020 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped out of cat haul truck tweaking ankle which has since turned into a knee injury.

2016 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in the process of cutting a new wiper to replace an old one. The utility knife being used slipped off the wiper & punctured the employee's upper left leg. The employee was taken to the medical center & was given two sutures to close the wound. The employee did not miss any work nor was given any work restrictions.