Mining Incidents

Metro Sand & Gravel: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Metro Materials Company · Surface
Controlled by Panagopoulos E F
Bexar County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101518

MSHA record for Metro Sand & Gravel (mine ID 4101518). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Ownership history
  1. Heldenfels Brothers Inc 1950 to 1988
  2. Metro Materials Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Metro Sand & Gravel sits in Bexar County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Bexar County, Texas · Population 2,037,344
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$70,571
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

August 19, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heldenfels Brothers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIPE STAND FELL3AND A PIECE OF TWO BY FOUR HIT HIM ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE HAD A BRUISED RIGHT SHOULDER

July 16, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Heldenfels Brothers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS SE7TING ON A STOOL IN FRONT OF GRINDER SHARPENING SOME DRILL BITS HE HEARD A NOISE BEHIND HIM AND TURNED AROUND TO SE WHAT IT WAS AND HIS RT KNEE WENT INTO GRINDER

1985 · 1 incident