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BECKETT RD PIT: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mc Comas Sharon
Dallas County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103720

MSHA record for BECKETT RD PIT (mine ID 4103720). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Jun 1995
Ownership history
  1. Mc Comas Materials Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

BECKETT RD PIT sits in Dallas County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
Dallas County, Texas · Population 2,603,816
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$74,149
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1995 · 2 incidents

June 18, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand ELECTRICAL
Mc Comas Materials Inc · Contact with electrical current

ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN A CABLE BEING USED TO PULL THE DREDGE BROKE AND THE DREDGE BEGAN DRIFTINGBACKWARD. THE OPERATOR DID NOT USE GOOD JUDGEMENT AND WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE REAR SPUD IN TIME TO AVOID CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINE. 2 OPERATORS WERE TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE BUT WERE UNINJURED AND RELEASED. 3 WKS LATER FILED INS CLAIM OF ALLEGED INJ FROM ACC

June 18, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand ELECTRICAL
Mc Comas Materials Inc · Contact with electrical current

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN A CABLE BEING USED TOPULL THE DREDGE BROKE AND THE DREDGE BEGAN DRIFTING BACKWARD. THE OPERATOR DID NOT USE GOOD JUDGEMENT AND WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE REAR SPUD IN T IME TO AVOID CONTACT EITH THE POWER LINE. BOTH OPERATORS WERE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE BUT WERE UNINJURED AND RELEASED. NO INS CLAIM FILED TO DATE.