Mining Incidents

Elite Rock: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Mid-South Excavation Inc · Surface
Controlled by Randy (Clyde) Hippler
Sabine County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103886

MSHA record for Elite Rock (mine ID 4103886). 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
1999
Latest incident
Apr 1999
Ownership history
  1. Welsh Rock Inc 1996 to 2001
  2. Mid-South Excavation Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Elite Rock sits in Sabine County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Sabine County, Texas · Population 9,998
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$59,924
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 992 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,502 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,258 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,009 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,767 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,639 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

April 12, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Welsh Rock Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS CHECKING WATER FLUID. HE TURNED TO CLOSE COVER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON OILY SURFACE AND FELL ON EXCAVATOR AT THAT TIME THE ENGINE COVER FELL ON HIS LEG.