Mining Incidents

Cox Pit: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Csa Materials Inc · Surface
Controlled by Roger Albert
Andrews County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103246

MSHA record for Cox Pit (mine ID 4103246). 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
1985–1986
Latest incident
Jun 1986
Ownership history
  1. Grimmett Brothers Inc 1984 to 1988
  2. Csa Materials Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cox Pit sits in Andrews County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 20.2% 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.
Andrews County, Texas · Population 18,518
20.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,902
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

1986 · 3 incidents

June 10, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
Grimmett Brothers Inc · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS DRIL5ING A 14FT DRILL STEM CAME DISCONNECTED. IT FELL, HITTING HIM ON TOE OF LEFT FOOT.

May 14, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Grimmett Brothers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME SHOVELLI3G UNDER FEEDER.ROCK CAME OUT OF FEEDER AND HIT HIM ON HEAD BROKE HARD HAT AND CUT HIS HEAD.

January 20, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grimmett Brothers Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

I NAME WAS DIGG3NG A ROCK OUT OF FEEDER AT THE CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK ROLLED OUT OF THE FEEDER AND HIT HIM ON RT KNEE

1985 · 2 incidents

November 7, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grimmett Brothers Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME PUTTING PULLEY CRUSHER.HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED AND ALL OF HIS WEIGHT WENT TO HIS RIGHT ARM.

September 27, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Grimmett Brothers Inc · Struck by flying object

IT WAS REPORTED THAT I NAME WAS IN THE CRUSHER CONTROL HOUSE. A FLYING ROCK FLEW THROUGH A WINDOW OF THE CONTROL HOUSE AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT ARM.