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Portable Crusher #1: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Brewster County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103292

MSHA record for Portable Crusher #1 (mine ID 4103292). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1989–1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
Ownership history
  1. Herzog Contracting Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #1 sits in Brewster County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Brewster County, Texas · Population 9,464
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$52,612
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1991 · 3 incidents

October 15, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING FEEDER ONE FLATS FELL HIT L ARM

August 28, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING UNDER TAIL PULLEY, TWISTED WHILE SHOVELING AND FELT SOMETHING POP. LEFT UPPER BACK STRAIN.

1989 · 3 incidents

October 18, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DRIVING PIN IN WITH HAMMER AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.

September 9, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING LINER AND PIECE OF STEEL WENT UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND GOT INTO LEFT EYE.

August 24, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE LIFTING HOOD OFF OF ENGINE. HOOD SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT FINGER.