Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Struck by powered moving object
RELOCATING DRILL TRACK OF DRILL RAN OVER TOES ON L FOOT STEEL TOE WENT THROUGH DAMAGE TO L FOOT
Atkins Pit: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Young Brothers Inc Contractors
· Surface
Controlled by
F M Young
Limestone County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103142
MSHA record for Atkins Pit (mine ID 4103142). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1988–1991
- Latest incident
- Sep 1991
Ownership history
- Young Brothers Inc Contractors 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Atkins Pit sits in Limestone County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Limestone County, Texas · Population 22,185
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$58,109
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1991 · 1 incident
1990 · 1 incident
October 10, 1990
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Fall from machine
GETTING OFF CONV STARTED LOSING BALANCE FELL AGAINST COVN HITTING ARM
1989 · 2 incidents
December 8, 1989
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER A CONVEYOR SYSTEM.A ROCK FELL CONVEYOR AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON HEAD.THE ROCK FELL FROM APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET,WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE O
August 10, 1989
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING AGAINST A CABLE ON CONVEYOR SYSTEM. THE CABLE CLAMP CAME LOOSE, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL APPROX. 2 1/2 FEET.
1988 · 2 incidents
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL INTO PLACE FOR WELDING & HE TWISTED & INJURED BACK
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM BUCKET OF FRONT END LOADER WHEN BUCKET TIPPED FORWARD EMPLOYEE FELL FROM BUCKET BUT BROKE HIS FALL BY GRABBING LADDER OF DRILL HE WAS WORKING ON BUCKET OF LOADER PINC HED EMPLOYEE BETWEEN BUCKET AND DRILL