Mining Incidents

Davidson Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Odell Geer
Coryell County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103239

MSHA record for Davidson Pit (mine ID 4103239). 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
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. Odell Geer Construction Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Davidson Pit sits in Coryell County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Coryell County, Texas · Population 83,772
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$68,904
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

1984 · 1 incident

October 15, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

TWO DRILLERS CHANGING DRILL STEEL STEEL FELL FROM ROCK AWAY FROM DRILLERS BUT FLIPPED A ROCK UP & HIT DRILLER ON HAND ROCK WAS ABOUT FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER SKIN WAS NOT BROKEN TOOK DRILLER TO HOSPITAL FOR X-RAY DRILLER BACK WORKING IN ONE HOUR