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Skull Creek: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Colorado County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101157

MSHA record for Skull Creek (mine ID 4101157). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Apr 1984
Ownership history
  1. Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Skull Creek sits in Colorado County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Colorado County, Texas · Population 20,736
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,554
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1984 · 1 incident

April 10, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE CHANGING OUT DRAG CABLE ON 4600 MANITOWOC EMP STOOD UP AND HAD PAIN IN LOWER LEFT SIDE

1983 · 6 incidents

October 14, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE CHIPPING FLUX OFF WELD,FOREIGN BODY WENT I LEFT EYE.EMPL WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION AT THE TIME.

August 24, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN STEPS OF FRONT END LOADER EMPL SLIPPED OFF STEPS AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

July 11, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Fall from machine

AFTER MAKING REPAIRS TO CONVEYOR HEADS SECTION,EMPL SLIPPED OFF 12\\ WATER LINE AND FELL 4\ TO GROUND TWISTING LEFT ANKLE.LADDER SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED.

May 31, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL REPLACING DIVIDER IN FEED BOX LOCATED AT DISCHARGE END OF CONVEYOR BELT.GOT LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN DIVIDER AND LOG FEED CONVEYOR BELT.BELT WASNT SHUT DOWN BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH REPAIRS

February 2, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE PICKING UP PIECE OF IRON,EMPL FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK.