Hays County Gravel Company · Struck by flying object
HE HAD FALLEN W2ILE LOADER WAS PULLING CONVEYOR BELT AND INJ WAS STANDING ON RAIL TO LOOSEN BELT.THEN BELT WHIPPED UP BENEATH FEET.
Mc Queeney Pit & Plant: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Hays County Gravel Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Butler Industries
Guadalupe County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103094
MSHA record for Mc Queeney Pit & Plant (mine ID 4103094). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1986–1987
- Latest incident
- May 1987
Ownership history
- Centex Ingram Inc 1981 to 1984
- Hays County Gravel Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mc Queeney Pit & Plant sits in Guadalupe County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Guadalupe County, Texas · Population 178,368
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$93,776
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file1987 · 1 incident
1986 · 4 incidents
December 29, 1986
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Hays County Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS SAID TO HAV9 FINGERS BETWEEN LOADER BUCKET & SCREENS WHILE BEING MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE BUT NOT REPORTED TILL ABOUT 300PM THAT DAY
June 23, 1986
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hays County Gravel Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BECAUSE HE FELL3THROUGH BROKEN CATWALK WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED EARLIER RT FOOT WENT THROUGH CAT WALK AND LEFT LEG WAS FALLEN BETWEEN RAILING ALL WEIGHT WAS ON RT FOOT WHICH HELPED INJU RED LEFT FOOT 3
June 16, 1986
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hays County Gravel Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS GOING UP ON3MAIN BELT AND HELD ONTO THE RAIL ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND IT BROKE HIS WEIGHT WAS ON LEFT SIDE SO HE WENT DOWN ON THE WAY DOWN HE HIT HIS L ARM
April 29, 1986
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hays County Gravel Company · Fall from machine
TO REMOVE METAL3ROD ON MAIN CONVEYOR BELT WAS HAULTED. INSTEAD OF GOING ON DOWN TO G ET OFF. HE SWUNG OFF SIDE OF CANVEYOR. WHEN HIS FEET HIT BOTTOM SLIPPING & FALLING BACK AGAINST CONVEYOR R AIL INJURING BA7K.