Mining Incidents

Mc Camy Pit: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Texas Southern Inc · Surface
Controlled by George Alvarez
Victoria County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101007

MSHA record for Mc Camy Pit (mine ID 4101007). 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
1986–1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
Ownership history
  1. Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc 1950 to 1989
  2. Texas Southern Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mc Camy Pit sits in Victoria County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Victoria County, Texas · Population 91,281
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,101
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

1987 · 2 incidents

June 9, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING ACROSS WET BLACK TOP PARKING LOT AND SLIPPED AND FELL CUASING CONTUSSION TO RIGHT HAND.

May 13, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc · Struck by flying object

I MANE WAS WALK3NG INTO THE REST ROOM AND A GUST OF WIND CAME UP AND BLEW DUST IN HIS EYE.

1986 · 2 incidents

July 24, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING 100 POUNDS SACKS OF BARITE COMING OFF THE CONVEYOR. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE COMPLAINED HIS ARM WAS HURTING. WE IMMEDIATLY SENT HIM TO THE CLINIC.

May 30, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE GRIZZLEY HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.