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Davis Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
Cooke County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103314

MSHA record for Davis Pit (mine ID 4103314). 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
1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
Ownership history
  1. Gainesville Sand & Gravel Company 1985 to 1986
  2. Gainesville Sand & Gravel Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Davis Pit sits in Cooke County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Cooke County, Texas · Population 42,473
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$72,472
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

1991 · 1 incident

June 13, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gainesville Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING HYDRAULIC PUMP FROM FRONT END LOADER TO GROUND, PUMP SLIPPED, EMPLOYEE CAUGHT PUMP AS IT HIT THE GROUND CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT HAND, 5TH FINGER.