Mining Incidents

West Quarry: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

El Paso County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103445

MSHA record for West Quarry (mine ID 4103445). 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
1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Jobe Concrete Products Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

West Quarry sits in El Paso County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
El Paso County, Texas · Population 866,275
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$58,859
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

1987 · 2 incidents

July 2, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jobe Concrete Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

(CUT MIDDLE FIN1ER AND SMALL FINGER OF LEFT HAND ON STEEL FRAME OF WASH SCREEN WHILE SHOVELING SAND).

June 11, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jobe Concrete Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REPAIRING3HEADPULLEY FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF FRAME.