El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME WAS CHAN1ING THE SCREENS AND USING A SCREW DRIVER TO PRY THE SCREEN BACK IN PLACE WHEN HE SAID THE SCREW DRIVER SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM.
Hilltop Quarry: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
El Paso Sand Products Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
General Dynamics Corp
Hudspeth County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103282
MSHA record for Hilltop Quarry (mine ID 4103282). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1985–1986
- Latest incident
- Jul 1986
Ownership history
- El Paso Sand Products Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Hilltop Quarry sits in Hudspeth County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.Hudspeth County, Texas · Population 3,331
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,336
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1986 · 1 incident
1985 · 5 incidents
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME SAID HE 4AS TRYING TO OPEN A DOOR WHICH APPARANTLY HAD NOT BEEN OPENED FOR A LONG TIME & WHEN HE JERKED IT HE STATED HE STRAINED HIS BACK
August 8, 1985
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME SAID HE WAS LOOSENING A BOLT TO THE LOADER WHEN THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT & RATCHGERATCHET HE SAID THE RATCHET HANDLE STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I.NAME CHANGING PADS ON TANDUM ROLLER WHEN PAD SLIPPED CAUSING LITTLE (FINGER?) TO BE MASHED BETWEEN PAD AND ROLLER.
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME REPORTED FOR WORK AT THIS MINE TO WELD PATCH AN AREA ON THE SILO REQUIRING HIM TO BE INSIDE. THE TRAP DOOR WHEAT HE WAS STANDING ON ACCIDENTLY OPENED DUE TO SOME OTHER WORK BEING DONE B EING DONE BY WORKER UNAWARE OF HIS PRESENCE. THE WORKERS PREVIOUSLY TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR BEFORE HE WAS IN SILO AND IT DID NOT OPERATE.
May 4, 1985
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects
WHILE WALKING ON THE GROUND, EMPLOYEE GOT ASPHALT OIL ON HIS SHOES. WITHOUT WIPING IT OFF HE PROCEEDED TO CLIMB THE LADDER ON THE ELEVATOR TO THE HOTMIS SILO. HE WAS NO ABOUT THE SIXTH RUND WH EN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS LEFT KNEE TO HIT THE RUNG.