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Voca Plant: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Texas Mining Lp · Surface
Controlled by Carmeuse Holding SA
Mcculloch County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101002

MSHA record for Voca Plant (mine ID 4101002). 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
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp 1950 to 1986
  2. U S Silica Company 1986 to 1990
  3. Texas Mining Lp 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Voca Plant sits in McCulloch County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
McCulloch County, Texas · Population 7,565
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,919
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

1988 · 1 incident

October 6, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING POOR LIGHTING, LIFTING FROM CROUCHED ON KNEE POSTION DAMAGE STRAINED LUMBER.

1987 · 2 incidents

December 7, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
U S Silica Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME & OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING (HOISTING) HOOD OFF MACHINE. WHEN HOOD PULLED AWAY FROM RADIATOR CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE BALANCE, RESULTING IN HOOD SMASHING FINGER AGAINST RADIATOR PIPE, CAU SING RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO BECOME LACERATED, REQUIRING FINGER TO BE SOWN UP.

October 1, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
U S Silica Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL LU3G DISEASE-SILICOSIS OCT.1, 1987 RELEASE OF JUDGEMENT.

1986 · 1 incident

April 28, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING LOAD HEAVY CRATE INTO TRUCK TRAILER CRATE SLIPPED AND FELL ON EMPLOYEES LEFT THUMB REQUIRING SUTURES

1985 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident

April 27, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OTHER
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHECKING THE WIRING HARNESS IN A TRUCK, IN TRYING TO GET IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO SEE UNDER THE DASH HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.