Mining Incidents

Moss Hill Dredge And Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Burney E D
Liberty County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4102849

MSHA record for Moss Hill Dredge And Plant (mine ID 4102849). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
May 1985
Ownership history
  1. Bucks Sand & Gravel Inc 1979 to 1983
  2. Bucks Sand & Gravel Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Moss Hill Dredge And Plant sits in Liberty County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Liberty County, Texas · Population 97,993
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,773
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

May 9, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bucks Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

LOADER OPERATOR GOT SAND IN EYES WHILE LOADING TRUCKS.