Mining Incidents

Coral Ranger Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Coral Petrofenix Inc · Underground
Controlled by Chalmers Dale
Brewster County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103567

MSHA record for Coral Ranger Mine (mine ID 4103567). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Coral Petrofenix Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Coral Ranger Mine sits in Brewster 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.
Brewster County, Texas · Population 9,464
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$52,612
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

July 26, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coral Petrofenix Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MINER WAS SEPARATING 2 SECTIONS OF DRILL PPE (EACH SECTION 2'6" IN LENGTH), PULLING BACK ON PIPE WRENCH IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIM ON THE JAW. HE WAS TAKEN TO BROWNWOOD HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY , TREATED FOR THE CUT, AND RETURNED TO WORK.