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Bruni Mine Site: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Webb County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4102497

MSHA record for Bruni Mine Site (mine ID 4102497). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Westinghouse Electric Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bruni Mine Site sits in Webb County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Webb County, Texas · Population 267,731
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$62,506
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

July 19, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Westinghouse Electric Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE SITE MGR. TO HERD A STRAY COW WITHIN THE OUTER FRINGES OF THE MINING AREA. IN DOING SO, EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE INTO A CACTUS BUSH. A THORN PIERCED ALONG THE SK IN SURFACE AND BROKE OFF OUT OF SIGHT. THE DOCTOR HAD TO PERFORM MINOR SURGERY TO THE THORN: JPWVER

April 29, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Westinghouse Electric Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

ON HIS SECOMND TO THE LAST DAY OF EMPLOYMENT,EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO DO SOME LAST MINUTE WORK BY USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK UP SOME CEMENT IN PVC PIPES.USE OF THE HAMMER CAUSED TENDONITIS IN H IS ELBOW.A PHYSICAN WHICH THE EMPLOYEE SAW ON 05002-89 STATED THAT EMPLOYEE COULD HAVE CONTINUED TO DO WORK INVOLVED AT THE SITE,HAD HE NOT BEEN TERMINATED ON 05-01-89.

1986 · 1 incident

July 24, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Westinghouse Electric Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR FELL A8 HE STEPPED ACROSS TWO HORIZONTAL PIPES ABOUT 1.5 FT OFF THE GROUND. BECAUSE THE ACTIONS OF THE OPERATOR WERE NOT AS DELIBERATE AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN, HE NEEDLESSLY STEPPED ONTO AN UNEVEN3SURFACE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PIPES. CONSEQUENTLY, THE OPERATOR FELL AND TWISTED HIS KNEE CAUSING A PARTIAL TEAR TO THE LIGAMENT IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1984 · 2 incidents

September 1, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Westinghouse Electric Corp · Struck against stationary object

OPERZTOR BUMPED INTO PIPE PROJECTING INTO WALKWAY. INITIALLY THERE WAS SLIGHT DISCOMFORT BUT NO REAL PAIN. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER PAIN TO BUMPED AREA DEVELOPED. A VISIT TO A DOCTOR REVEALED A CASE OF TENDONITIS. OPERATOR WAS PLACED ON LIFGHT DUTY & ASKED TO VISIT DOCTOR IN ONE WEEK. NO WORK TIME WAS LOST.

March 15, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westinghouse Electric Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPT TO MANIPULATE DRM OF OIL ON A PALLET SO AS TO MOVE DRUM TOWARDS FORK-LIFT PALLET WAS ON FORKS OF A FORK LIFT AND SUSPENDED ABOUT 2 FROM GRND AS TOP OF DRUM TILTED AT 30DEGREE ANGLE W/N ORMAL (PLEASE SEE ENCLOSED ACCIDENT DESCRIPTION)WAS ATTEMPTING TO MANIPULATE A 55 GAL DRUM OF OIL ON A PALLET SO AS TO CAUSE DRUM TO MOVE TOWARDDS CENTER OF PALLET & AWAY FROM ITS FRONT EDGE