Mining Incidents

Powell Bend Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103184

Powell Bend Mine has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
Apr 1990
Ownership history
  1. Bastrop Mining Company Inc 1983 to 1986
  2. Lower Colorado River Authority 1986 to present
  3. Powell Bend Mining Company 1987 to 1991
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1999 0
1998 0
1997 0
1996 0
1995 2
1994 1
1993 0
1992 3 52,600
1991 9 162,986
1990 10 212,147
1989 9 225,613
1988 9 165,080
1987 7 138,930
1986 9 70,846
1985 23 287,448
1984 19 11,970
1983 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Powell Bend Mine sits in Bastrop County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Bastrop County, Texas · Population 102,370
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$82,730
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1990 · 1 incident

April 17, 1990 TX · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Powell Bend Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL WORKING ON BUCKET TEETH OF LOADER.4 LB METAL HAMMER WAS USED TO LOOSEN TEETH.TOOTH WAS STRUCK WITH HAMMER AND METAL SPLINTER BROKE LOOSE FROM TOOTH,EMBEDDED IN EMPL UPPER LEFT THUMB.EMPL WENT TO LOCAL DR WHERE SPLINTER WAS REMOVED.

1989 · 1 incident

August 17, 1989 TX · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Powell Bend Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS WORKING ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET CROWS FOOT ANOTHER GROUP OF EMPLS WERE CHANGING BUCKET TOOTH CAPS A METAL SLEDGE HAMMER WAS USED TO LOOSEN THE OLD TOOTH CAPS FOR ;REMOVAL WHEN A TOOTH CAP WAS STRUCK WITH THE SLEDGE A METAL SPLINTER BROKE LOOSE FROM THE CAP FLEW AND LODGED IN THE EMPLS UPPER R ARM EMPL WENT TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHER SPLINTER WAS REMOVED

1988 · 1 incident

May 9, 1988 TX · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Powell Bend Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D9L DOZER THE DOZER DROPPED INTO A HOLE ABOUT 4 FEET DEEP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN HIS NECK AT THE TIME EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF A SORE NECK BUT DID NOT THINK HE NEED ED TO SEE A DR HIS NECK HAS APPARENTLY BOTHERED HIM OFF AND ON SINCE EMPLOYEE WENT TO SEE A CHIROPRACTIC DR ON 5-19-88 AND FILED A WORKMENS COMP CLAIM ON 5-10-88

1984 · 1 incident

July 20, 1984 TX · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bastrop Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WATER CLEANING DRAGLINE DRAW WORKS. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL 4-5 FT BETWEEN DRUM STRIKING HIS NECK ON DRAG DUM.