Mining Incidents

Freestone Beneficiation Pilot Plant: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Dow Chemical Company · Facility
Controlled by Oreffice Paul F
Fairfield, Freestone County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103081

MSHA record for Freestone Beneficiation Pilot Plant (mine ID 4103081). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Jul 1986
Ownership history
  1. Dow Chemical Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Freestone Beneficiation Pilot Plant sits in Freestone County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 5.5% 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.
Freestone County, Texas · Population 19,813
5.5%
Mining share of county employment
$58,460
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 1 incident

July 18, 1986 TX · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Dow Chemical Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 300 POUND MAC2INE SHAFT WAS BEING PUT ON A WORK TABLE WITH A FORK TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH A LIFTING BEAM SHAFT WAS SUPPORTED BY A SLING FROM LIFTING BEAM & BEING GUIDED ONTO WORK TABLE BY TWO T ECHNICIANS INJU9Y OCCURRED WHEN ONE OF THE TECHNICIANS GOT HIS HAND PINCHED BETGWEEN SHAFT & TABLE

1984 · 1 incident

May 30, 1984 TX · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Dow Chemical Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP HAS HISTORY OF BACK PORBLEMS EMP USED GASOLINE POWERED WEED EATER TO CUT WEEDS AROUND PLANT SITE BACK HURT THAT EVENING STIFFNESS AND SORENESS HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK THE FOLLOWING THREE DA DAYS HE WAS EXAMINED BY DR KELLER ON 6 1 84 AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE STRAINED MUSCKLE IN HIS BACK

1983 · 1 incident

November 3, 1983 TX · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Dow Chemical Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAY-FLEX PORTABLE GRINDER TO PREPARE A 1/2 IN. STEEL PLATE FOR WELDING. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SIDE SHIELD GLASSES AND FULL FACE SHIELD. AFTER GRINDING, WHEN HE RAISED THE F ACE SHIELD, METAL PARTICLES ON THE BILL OF HIS HARD HAT FELL DOWN AROUND HIS SIDE SHIELD GLASSES INTO HIS RT. EYE. EYE WAS WASHED 15 MIN. AND EMP. WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL ER FOR TREATMENT. EMP.