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

Controlled by William K Sadler
Burnet County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103503

MSHA record for Portable Crusher #1 (mine ID 4103503). 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
1989
Latest incident
Jun 1989
Ownership history
  1. Hill Country Aggregates Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #1 sits in Burnet County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Burnet County, Texas · Population 51,064
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$77,158
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

1989 · 1 incident

June 23, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hill Country Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO FOREMAN OR OFFICE UNTIL TODAY 7-27-89. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNLODGE A ROCK THAT WOULD NOT FALL THRU THE GRID OF THE JAW CRUSHER. HE WAS USING A STEEL BAR IN T HIS ATTEMPT. HE FELT HIS BACK "POP".