Mining Incidents

Texas Gravel Pit: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Texas Gravel Inc · Surface
Hidalgo County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103447

MSHA record for Texas Gravel Pit (mine ID 4103447). 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
1988–1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Texas Gravel Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Texas Gravel Pit sits in Hidalgo County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Hidalgo County, Texas · Population 880,921
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$52,281
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

1989 · 4 incidents

October 19, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texas Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHECKINGOIL FROM LOADER POKING HIS EYE WITH ROD ON HOOD

February 20, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texas Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND REMOVING ROCKS FROM PIPE WRECK WHERE TRAILERS CLUMP AND INJURED HIS BACK BENDING OVER.

February 3, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Texas Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED OFF CATEPILLAR

1988 · 2 incidents

October 6, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Texas Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS HELPING WELDER WELD SHAFT.

August 31, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Texas Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

GOING UP RAMP WITH TRUCK, TRUCK KEPT GOING OVER THE EDGE AND FLIPPED.