Mining Incidents

San Jacinto Excavation Corporation: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Merritt James P
Harris County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103372

MSHA record for San Jacinto Excavation Corporation (mine ID 4103372). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
Ownership history
  1. Sand Excavation Company 1986 to 1986
  2. Sand Excavation Inc 1986 to 1989
  3. San Jacinto Excavation Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

San Jacinto Excavation Corporation sits in Harris 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.
Harris County, Texas · Population 4,758,579
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$73,104
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

August 26, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
San Jacinto Excavation Corp · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS TURING DRAG LINE CAB IT WOULD NOT STOP TURNING HE THEN DROPPED THE BUCKET. THE MACHINE GOT OUT OF HTE CAB AND RADIOED DREDGE OPERATOR FOR HELP. EMS WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.

July 19, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
San Jacinto Excavation Corp · Fall onto or against objects

DREDGE HELPER WAS WALKING OVER A THREE STEEP RISE THAT GUARDS THE SHAFT (STEEL GRATE) HE SLIPPED OR TRIPPED OVER HIS FOOT STARTED TO FAL TUP HIS HANDS OUT TO BREAK FALL AND HIS LEFT HAND BROKE THE WINDOW PAINE AND WAS CUT RESULTING IN 9 STITCHES.