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Crusher #5: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Appian Corp · Surface
Controlled by Lawson Warner
Oldham County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103349

Crusher #5 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Appian Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 1
1989 3
1988 11
1987 9
1986 16
1985 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Crusher #5 sits in Oldham County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Oldham County, Texas · Population 2,097
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,402
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1988 · 1 incident

October 4, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appian Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FILL AN OIL CAN WITH OIL AND THE OIL SPLATTERED IN EYES

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1987 · 1 incident

March 12, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appian Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING A CUTTING EDGE ON AD CAT DOZER WHEN THR SCREWDRIVER HE WAS USING SLIPPER AND STABBLED HIS HAND IN BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

1986 · 1 incident

March 3, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Appian Corp · Struck against a moving object

INJ WAS DRIVING3A DUMP TRUCK, TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED BY A 988 LOADER, THE BUCKET OF LOADER WAS FULL AND IN THE AIR APPROACHING THE TRUCK, WHEN A STEEL LINE (HYDRAULIC) BURST - ALLOWING THE LOA DER BUCKET TO F5LL ONTO THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK, TURNING THE TRUCK ON ONE SIDE