Sun City Redi-Mix · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE TRAVELING ON AIR TRACK DRILL, THE STEP PROVIDED TO STAND ON WAS HIT BY A ROCK, CAUSING THE STEP TO BEND CATCHING FINGERS OF EMP AGAINST CONTROL LEVERS.
EAST QUARRY: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Sun City Redi-Mix
· Surface
Controlled by
GCC SAB de CV
El Paso County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103650
MSHA record for EAST QUARRY (mine ID 4103650). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1991–1997
- Latest incident
- Feb 1997
Ownership history
- Sun City Redi-Mix Inc 1991 to 1997
- Sun City Redi-Mix 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
EAST QUARRY sits in El Paso County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.El Paso County, Texas · Population 866,275
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$58,859
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file1997 · 1 incident
1995 · 1 incident
Sun City Redi-Mix Inc · Struck by flying object
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE A HYDRAULIC LEAK IN THE ROCK BREAKER, THE HOSE FROM WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FORM, BURST AT THE SAME TIME TH EMECHANIC REACHED TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. THE PRESSURE ESCAPING FROM THE OIL LEAK CUT HIS THUMB, PUSHING OIL INTO HIS THUMB AND HAND.
1994 · 1 incident
August 15, 1994
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Sun City Redi-Mix Inc · Struck by falling object
INDEPENDENT HAULER WORKING BY CONTRACT WAS CLEANING OLD ASPHALT FROM RAISED TRAILER WHEN ASPHALT FELL FROM TRAIELR IN ONE LARGE PIECE. DRIVER WAS STANDING AT BACK OF TRAILER, AND HARDENED ASP HALT FELL ON HIS LEGS. SEVERING RIGH LEG BELOW KNEE AND CRUSHING LEFT LEG.
1993 · 1 incident
Sun City Redi-Mix Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS WORKING ON THE 980 LOADER TOLD THE MECHANIC NOT TO MOVE THE MOTOR BUT HE DIDNT HEAR ME THE CRANK SHAFT MOVED THE HYDRAULIC PUMP CAUSING IT TO CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER
1991 · 3 incidents
December 18, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Sun City Redi-Mix Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
AN OVERSIZED ROCK GOT STUCK IN CRUSHER. HE REACHED INTO TRY TO DISLODGE ROCK. BLADE OF BUCKET AND CHAIN SEVERED LEFT THUMB AT FIRST JOINT. THE FINGER WAS SEWN BACK ON AT THE HOSPITAL EMERGE NCY ROOM.
Sun City Redi-Mix Inc · Struck by flying object
UNCLOGGING ROCKS THREW OUT ROCKS HIT ON HAND
July 25, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sun City Redi-Mix Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STEPPED ON WET REBAR AND SPRAINED ANKLE.