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Kingsville: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Kleberg County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103152

Kingsville has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
May 1986
Ownership history
  1. Pip Minerals Company 1983 to 1985
  2. Hughes Drilling Fluids 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1986 3
1985 19
1984 19
1983 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Kingsville sits in Kleberg County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Kleberg County, Texas · Population 30,629
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$57,612
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

May 8, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hughes Drilling Fluids · Struck by flying object

REPLACING JOURN5LS BACK INTO MILL,1 JOURNAL KNOCKED AGAINST BULLRING AND PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF AND STRUCK EMPL IN THE SIDE.