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Sealy Plant: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by W A Keckley
Austin County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103333

MSHA record for Sealy Plant (mine ID 4103333). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Apr 1986
Ownership history
  1. Specialty Sand Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sealy Plant sits in Austin County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Austin County, Texas · Population 30,712
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$75,994
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 3, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

EMPL CLIMBED UP A SAND STORAGE PILE.THE EMPL EITHER FELL OR ENTERED PILE AND WAS TRAPPED WHEN SAND CAVED IN.EMPL WAS AWARE THAT THIS WAS AGAINST COMPANY POLICY.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1986 · 3 incidents

April 22, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Specialty Sand Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

STEPPED ACROSS 8MALL DRAINAGE DITCH SNAKE BIT HIM RIGHT ABOVE WORK BOOT.

March 13, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Specialty Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FORKLIFT OPERAT2R BUMPED SACKERS FOOT WITH PALLET.

January 27, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SCREEN8 ON WET END WHILE REMOVING SCREEN THEY DROPPED IT IT BOUNCED UP AND HIT JOE ON THE KNEE HE HAD 6 STITCHES