Mining Incidents

Chico Plant #32: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Wise County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101242

MSHA record for Chico Plant #32 (mine ID 4101242). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. Chico Crushed Stone Inc 1950 to 1988
  2. Chico Crushed Stone Inc 1988 to 1989
  3. Chico Crushed Stone Partnership 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Chico Plant #32 sits in Wise County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.7% 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.
Wise County, Texas · Population 72,359
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$89,897
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

March 28, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Chico Crushed Stone Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTING A 1 PIPE WITH TORCH,PIPE CAME IN CONTACT WITH RIGHT ARM.SMALL BURN TO HIS ARM.

March 3, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chico Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HAND GREASE GUN TO GREASE PINS ON R35 EUCLID PLACE GREASE GUN AGAINST CHEST PULLED HANDLE WITH BOTH HANDS AT THAT TIME FELT PAIN IN RT CHEST & BACK

1988 · 3 incidents

November 16, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chico Crushed Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STRAIGHTEN SCREEN CLOTH IN SCREEN RACK WHEN SCREEN SLIPPED CATCHING GLOVE JERKING HIM UNDER SCREEN INJURING RT.WRIST

May 10, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chico Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER EMPLOYEE HELPED PULL HEAD OFF OF A 471 DETROIT DIESEL ENGINE, HE COMPLAINED OF NECK & SHOULDER SORENESS.

January 25, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chico Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING LARGE ROCK FROM FEEDER CRUSHER; NOW HAS L4 & L5 RUPTURED DISC IN BACK.

1986 · 1 incident

September 15, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Chico Crushed Stone Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL F9OM CAB OF FRONT END LOADER. NOW HAS LOWER LUMBAR BACK INJURY.

1983 · 2 incidents

October 19, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Chico Crushed Stone Inc · Flash burns (electric)

EMP SHORTED 440 VOLTS TO GROUND WITH A SCREWDRIVER INSIDE A FUSE BOX