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Portable #1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Durrett Luther Ray
Houston County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103508

MSHA record for Portable #1 (mine ID 4103508). 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
1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Durrett Trucking Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable #1 sits in Houston County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Houston County, Texas · Population 22,042
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$54,563
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

1988 · 1 incident

August 24, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Durrett Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS DRIVING UP RAMP TO DUMP ROCK INTO FEEDER THAT GOES TO CRSUHER. HE DROVE TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF RAM, HIT LOOSE DIRT LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK TURNED TRUCK COMPLETELY OVER DUMPING ROCK AND TH EN LANDED UPRIGHT ON TIRES.