Gifford-Hill & Company · Fall onto or against objects
HE WAS LIFTING A BULL GEAR COVER - HE LOST HIS FOOTING AS HE WAS PICKING IT UP AND HIS WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON THE COVER WITH HIS ARM UNDER IT CAUSING HIS ARM TO GET BRUISED.
Stooksberry Pit: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Gifford-Hill & Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Hanson PLC
Limestone County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103169
MSHA record for Stooksberry Pit (mine ID 4103169). 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
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- Jun 1988
Ownership history
- Bobby Rutherford Inc 1983 to 1984
- D P Frost Construction Company Inc 1984 to 1986
- Gifford-Hill & Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Stooksberry Pit sits in Limestone County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Limestone County, Texas · Population 22,185
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$58,109
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1988 · 1 incident
1987 · 3 incidents
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
GRABBED A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS JUST TRACK WELDED. WELD BROKE AND HE PULLED METAL INTO THE FACE.
June 30, 1987
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
MACHINERY
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
IN MASABI HAMMERING ON BOULDER & TWISTED WRIST.
March 16, 1987
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gifford-Hill & Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
PLANT MAINTENANCE-SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK & FELL. TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
1986 · 1 incident
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE PICKED3UP ROCK & STRAINED HIS BACK.
1983 · 1 incident
July 13, 1983
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bobby Rutherford Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT WEDGED BETWEEN ROLL CRUSHER TIRES ENTRAPPING LEG IN TIRES BROKEN BONE 3 TO 4 IN BELOW LEFT KNEE