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Onion Creek Gravel: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Frost Jack
Travis County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101793

MSHA record for Onion Creek Gravel (mine ID 4101793). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Apr 1986
Ownership history
  1. Onion Creek Managment Inc 1950 to 1982
  2. Onion Creek Gravel Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Onion Creek Gravel sits in Travis County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Travis County, Texas · Population 1,307,625
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$97,169
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1986 · 3 incidents

April 22, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Onion Creek Gravel Inc · Flash burns (welding)

DOING LABOR WOR5 AT MILL WITH WELDER WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR.

April 9, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Onion Creek Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS DRIV3NG A DUMP TRUCK, PURCHASED MATERIAL AT OUR PLANT HE WAS DIRECTING THE LOADER AND WHEN THE LOADER DROPPED MATERIAL IN THE TRUCK HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL

March 17, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Onion Creek Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

CHANGING A TIRE3ON A DUMP TRUCK IN THE SHOP WHEN SOMETHING GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE

1985 · 1 incident

April 6, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Onion Creek Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WENT TO INSPECT VIBRATING NOSIE ON SAND SHAKE. HE LIFTED RUBBER SHIELD AND THE PLATE WAS BOUNCING AND CRUSHED TWO FINGERS ON LEFT HADN. SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN WELDED BACK.