Krumbein Silica Texas Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MOVING PIPE AND FELT PAIN IN BACK THE FOLLOWING MONDAY INJURED WAS HELPING FOREMAN BY GIVING HIM A BOOST AND HURT BACK ALL OVER
Voca Plant: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Voca Plant (mine ID 4103128). 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
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Feb 1983
Ownership history
- Krumbein Silica Texas Inc 1982 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
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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.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
2 on file1983 · 2 incidents
January 8, 1983
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Krumbein Silica Texas Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
I LIFTED A BAG OF SAND AND DUMPED IT INTO THE SAND BLASTING THEN LIFTED THE REMAINDER OF THE BAG HIGHER TO EMPTY IT WHEN LIFTING THE BAG HIGHER AND SHAKING IT MY SHOULDER SLIPPED OF JOINT SHOU LDER SLIPPED BACK INTO PLACE COMPRESSOR RN OUT OF GAS AND THE CREW QUIT WORK