Mining Incidents

Southern Soil Supply Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Light Ronald L
Hays County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103179

MSHA record for Southern Soil Supply (mine ID 4103179). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 1 incident

September 23, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Colorado Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS HEL1ING PUT V BOLTS ON A SCREEN DRIVE. THE PULLEY ROLLED OVER NEARLY HALF WAY ANDTHEN THE COUNTERWIEHT FELL BACK CAUSING THE PULLEY TO GO BACKWARDS INJURED CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEE N THE PULLEY AN8 GUARD BRACKETS.

1985 · 2 incidents

October 26, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Colorado Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CREW WAS DISMAN7ELING CATWALK APPROX 5 FT ABOVE GROUND INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WELDER BURNING SUPPORTS THE BOOM WAS NOT CENTERED ABOVE THE LOAD THE INJURED DID NOT WANT TO CHANGE IT WHEN HE CUT L AST SUPPORT THE3LOAD STRUCK HIM ON SIDE OF HEAD

July 20, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Colorado Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR 7-22-85 FOR REGULAR VISIT AND TOLD DR. HE HAD MORE PAIN THAN USUAL. DR. INFORMED EMPLOYEE THAT IT WAS A NEW INJURY 7-23-85 EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO CHIROPRACTOR, WHO MADE X RAYS AND REFERRED EM TO M.D. WHO REFERRED HIM TO RADIOLOGIST WHO ORDERED A CAT SCAN. CAT SCAN REVEALED DETERIORATION OF THE SPINE FROM A PRIOR INJURY.

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