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Nova Materials Company: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Colorado County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4102901

MSHA record for Nova Materials Company (mine ID 4102901). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. Nova Materials Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Nova Materials Company sits in Colorado County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Colorado County, Texas · Population 20,736
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,554
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 26, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Nova Materials Company · Contact with electrical current

ROBERT TRAMMELL, OWNER OPERATOR FOR SUNSHINE TRANSPORATATION, INC. TRUCK #844. PULLED TRUCK UP TO DUMP OFF SAND, RAISED TRAILER TO DUMP, TRAILER CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE LINE. TRAMMEL STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK, DEATH BYELECTROCUTION.

Reportable incidents

11 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 1 incident

August 27, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Nova Materials Company · Struck by falling object

DRIVER CAME FRO4 FIELDTO PLANT-WENT UP RAMP TO DUMP INTO HOPPER,DID NOT SLOW DOWN OR STEP,KEPT GOING,WHEN WENT DOWN RAMP PICKED UP SPEED-TURNING TRUCK OVER ON THE SIDE.DRIVERS LEG WAS PINNED U UNDER DOOR BETW9EN CAB AND DOOR.

1985 · 1 incident

April 17, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nova Materials Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ROLLING 55 GAL DRUM OF DIESEL INTO LOADER BUCKET SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING LOW BACK PAIN

1984 · 9 incidents

December 6, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nova Materials Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS IN SQUAT POSITION LIFTING GUARD UNDER CRUSHER PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK

November 21, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nova Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING & SAT DOWN & WHEN HE TRIED TO GET UP HIS LEGS GAVE OUT & HE HAD SEVERE BACK PAIN

November 6, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nova Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS IN SQUATTING POSITION HOLDING WASH HOSE WASHING UNDER CRUSHER AFTER BEING IN POSITION SEVERAL MINUTES, STOOD UP - APPARENTLY PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK

October 4, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nova Materials Company · Fall from machine

DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF DJB LANDING ON LEFT LEG

September 12, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Nova Materials Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO TIGHTEN SCREWS ON CARBARATOR EMPLOYEES FINGER CAUGHT IN FLYWHEEL

June 7, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nova Materials Company · Struck by flying object

PUTTING TOOTH ON BUCKET ON DRAG LINE PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF WENT INTO INNER PART OF RIGHT THIGH NEAR GROIN

February 14, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Nova Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING DRAGLINE BOOM HOIST CABLE BROKE AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST