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Melissa Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Metro Stone Company · Surface
Controlled by Joe Mc Clellan
Collin County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103129

Melissa Pit has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989–1993
Latest incident
Feb 1993
Ownership history
  1. Collin Rock Company Inc 1982 to 1983
  2. Metro Stone Company 1983 to 1985
  3. Metro Stone Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1997 0
1996 0
1995 2
1994 2
1993 2
1992 6
1991 3
1990 3
1989 4
1988 4
1987 6
1986 11
1985 5
1984 1
1983 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Melissa Pit sits in Collin County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Collin County, Texas · Population 1,116,601
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$117,588
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

1993 · 1 incident

February 26, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Metro Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS AT TEMPTING TO START THE WATER PUMP WHEN THE PONY MOTOR CRANK HANDLE KICKED BACK & INJURED IS WRIST

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1989 · 1 incident

December 28, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Metro Stone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS EXPERINCING FLU SYSTOMS AND PASSED OUT ON THE PORCH OF THE OFFICE FELL AND HIT HIS NOSE.