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Knippa Milling Facility: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Strating Carl L
Uvalde County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103092

MSHA record for Knippa Milling Facility (mine ID 4103092). 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
1986
Latest incident
Mar 1986
Ownership history
  1. Coastal & Western Minerals 1981 to 1984
  2. Coastal & Western Minerals 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Knippa Milling Facility sits in Uvalde County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Uvalde County, Texas · Population 24,810
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$57,849
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

March 6, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coastal & Western Minerals · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS CHANGIN1 A MILL BEARING. TO GET TO THE BEARING A COUNTERWEIGHT HAD TO BE REMOVED. HOISTING EQUIPMENT WAS AVAILBLE. EMPLOYEE TO IMPRESS A FELLOW EMPLOYEE, PICKED UP THE COUNTERWEIGHT WI THOUT USE OF TH9 HOISTING EQUIPMENT