Mining Incidents

Culp Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Culp Stone Company · Surface
Controlled by Richard Culp
Bell County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103405

MSHA record for Culp Quarry (mine ID 4103405). 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
1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. Culp Stone Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Culp Quarry sits in Bell County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Bell County, Texas · Population 379,811
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$66,051
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

1988 · 1 incident

February 24, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman MACHINERY
Culp Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STONE, AFTER BEING CUT ONCE IS MOVED BACK THROUGH SPLITTER AGAIN. THE STONE FELL AND CAUGHT THE MAN'S FINGER ON PIECE OF METAL.