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Scobee: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Burnet County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103651

MSHA record for Scobee (mine ID 4103651). 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
1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
Ownership history
  1. Colaska Production Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Scobee 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

6 on file

1991 · 6 incidents

October 21, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colaska Production Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING TRAILER FROM A FRONT END LOADER,WHEN EMPLOYEE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN TRAILER AND LOADER.

October 12, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colaska Production Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON EDGE OF RAIL CAR GUIDING ROCK WHICH WAS TO BE LOADED INTO CAR. EMPLOYEE FELL INTO THE BED OF THE CAR AND INJURED HIS LEG.

June 12, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Colaska Production Company · Struck by flying object

...DRILLER INSTRUCTED TO SHOVEL OFF AND BLOW OFF AREA 2' X 3' BETWEEN CHANNELED END AND LAST LOADED HOLE AND DRILL 1 HOLE IN DEAD SPACE OF EACH OF BOTH LINE.6-9" LOOSE MATERIAL WASHED DOWN ..B Y PREVIOUS EVENINGS RAIN..DRILLER INITIATED DRILLING WITHOUT DOING THIS..DRILLED 1 HOLE WITH NO PROBLEM...NEXT HOLE DRILLED 6"..BEFORE IMPACTING & DETONATING 100 GRAIN SIDELINE DETONATOR CORD

May 29, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colaska Production Company · Fall from machine

SLIPPED ON BROKEN BOTTOM STEP ON LADDER WHEN GETTING OFF.