Mining Incidents

Christmas QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Groesbeck, Limestone County, TX · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105350
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2022–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2026 · 1 incident

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

Employee was stemming holes from a skid steer bucket with a shovel. The operator of the skid steer asked the employee to hand them something and as the operator reached to take it EE's elbow bumped the controls causing the bucket to drop. The employee's foot was pinned underneath the bucket and the employee felt a lot of pain.

2022 · 1 incident

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

Employee was attempting to dislodge a large piece of limestone material that had hung up in a corner of the rock crusher using a large pry bar when the material/rock shifted and smashed the pry bar up against the steel with EE's left hand being caught in between crushing EE's left pinky which resulted in the amputation of approximately 50% of the left pinky finger