Mining Incidents

WHITE PIT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Falls County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103815

MSHA record for WHITE PIT (mine ID 4103815). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
May 1995
Ownership history
  1. Conners Crushed Stone 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

WHITE PIT sits in Falls County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Falls County, Texas · Population 17,063
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$55,372
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

May 17, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Conners Crushed Stone · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADER BUCKET AND FRAMEWORK.