Mining Incidents

Mansell Pit: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Elm Creek Materials Inc · Surface
Controlled by Koonce Anne Marie
Runnels County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103321

MSHA record for Mansell Pit (mine ID 4103321). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985–1994
Latest incident
Sep 1994
Ownership history
  1. Seidel Inc 1985 to 1988
  2. K & K Materials 1988 to 1990
  3. Elm Creek Materials Inc 1990 to 1995
  4. Elm Creek Materials Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mansell Pit sits in Runnels County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Runnels County, Texas · Population 9,880
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$63,490
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1994 · 1 incident

September 28, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elm Creek Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING ON PILE UNDER CONVEYOR, LOST HIS BALANCE AND GRABBED FOR CONVEYOR AND GOT ARM CAUGHT IN HEADROLLER.

1993 · 2 incidents

December 7, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Elm Creek Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

USING CUTTING TORCH ON RUSTY METAL WITH OUT GOGGLES.

August 23, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elm Creek Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING TAILGATE ON TRUCK, HE SLAMMED THE TAILGATE CLOSED ON FINGER.

1985 · 1 incident

September 27, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Seidel Inc · Struck against a moving object

I,NAME WAS RUNNING SCRAPER, ARM, BROKE DROPPING PAN, SUDDEN STOP THREW HIM INTO WINDSHIELD & STEERING WHEEL.