Mining Incidents

Hilltop Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

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
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1986 · 1 incident

July 22, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
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.

1985 · 5 incidents

December 4, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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

May 23, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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.

May 8, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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.

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