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Paisano Sand Plant: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Colville H E
El Paso County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103161

MSHA record for Paisano Sand Plant (mine ID 4103161). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Paisano Concrete Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Paisano Sand Plant sits in El Paso County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
El Paso County, Texas · Population 866,275
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$58,859
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

1984 · 1 incident

September 11, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paisano Concrete Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE GREASING CONVEYOR HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND SAT DOWN ON CONVEYOR BELT HE SAYS HE FELT NO PAIN BUT CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING AND THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED HIS BACK INJURY HE FELT FINE UNTIL AR RIVING AT HOME WHEN HIS LEG BECAME NUMB

1983 · 1 incident

March 15, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Paisano Concrete Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

RAMON GALLEGOS ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE SAND FROM AROUND TALL SHAFT SPROCKET WHILE MACHINE WAS IN OPERATION-CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN CHAIN & SPROCKET-MANGLED HAND TO EXTENT IT WAS NECESSARY TO AM PUTATE 4" ABOVE WRIST.