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Portable Chico Plant #34: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Wise County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103793

MSHA record for Portable Chico Plant #34 (mine ID 4103793). 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
1993
Latest incident
Nov 1993
Ownership history
  1. Chico Crushed Stone Partnership 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable Chico Plant #34 sits in Wise County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.7% 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.
Wise County, Texas · Population 72,359
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$89,897
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

1993 · 1 incident

November 18, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chico Crushed Stone Partnership · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

TWO EMPLS. WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING NEW BEARINGS & NEW TIMING GEARS ON A HORIZ.VIBRATINGSCREE. THE SCREEN'S DRIVE SHEAVES & DRIVE BELT WERE NOT IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY.AT TH E TIME OF INJURY, THE 2 GEARS WERE MOUNTED ON THE SCREEN.THE EMPLS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE WOODEN BLOCK FROM THE LOWER GEAR.ANOTHER EMPL TURNED THE LOWER SHAFT WITH A BAR. THE WOOD