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Van Horn Pit & Plant: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Zachry Corporation
Hudspeth County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4100024

MSHA record for Van Horn Pit & Plant (mine ID 4100024). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas 1950 to 1985
  2. Capitol Aggregates Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Van Horn Pit & Plant sits in Hudspeth County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Hudspeth County, Texas · Population 3,331
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,336
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

August 16, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capitol Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN ADJUSTING NUT ON TAIL PULLEY HOUSING TO MAKE AN ADJUSTEMTN N PULLEY WHIEL CLEANING NUT WITH WRENCH IN HAND WRENCH IN HAND WRENCH HIT TURNING PULLEY AND THREW WRE NCH AND HAND ONTO CONVEYOR FRAME THE LIGHTING WAS VERY POOR.

February 29, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capitol Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP. LIFTED AND PLACE D SOME HEAVY SCREENS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT INTO AND OUT OF A PICK UP BY HIMSELF. NO HELP WAS AVAILABLE AND SCRENS AND EQUIPMENT WERE ORDERED TO BE MOVED. EMP. NOTICED T HAT HIS GROIN HURT AND HE HAD A STINGING SENSATION.