Mining Incidents

Yelverton Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
Limestone County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4102422

MSHA record for Yelverton Pit (mine ID 4102422). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
34
Years on record
1985–1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

34 on file

1991 · 1 incident

March 6, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SOME ANVILES FOR SPOKANE CRUSHER FROM THE GED OF A PICK UP & T HROWING THEM ON THE GROUND ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER THE EMPLOYEE HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK

1990 · 5 incidents

November 29, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SOME SCREEN CLOTH IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION WHILE A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HIM. THERE WAS NO LIFTING AT ALL. HE SAID HE TWISTED OR STRAINED HIS BACK.

August 27, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WS REPLACING BEARING ON #39 CONVEYOR BELT ON TAIL PULLEY. BEARING HOUSING BROKE AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN SHAFT AND FRAME. CUT PALM OF HAND AND CHIPPED BONE IN RIGHT THUMB.

August 13, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL REMOVING GEAR BOX FROM CONVEYOR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER,HIT SHIN WITH HAMMER.HAD TO HAVE 3 STITC

July 21, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Contact with heat

EMPL GOT HOT AND STARTED HAVING HEADACHES. Y

June 14, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STOPPED EUCLID TO GET A PLATE OFF OF THE HAUL ROAD AND NEVER SET HIS PARKING BRAKES. EUCLID STARTED TO ROLL, EE RAN TO GET IN AND THE DOOR HIT HIS ARM. CAUSING BRUISE AND SWELLING.

1989 · 5 incidents

August 18, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN SHOP WORKING ON HAMMER. EMPLOYEE LIFTED HAMMER WITH THE CRANE IN THE SHOP. CHAIN SLIPPED AND BREAKER DROPPED ON HAND WHILE TRYING TO PUT BLOCKS UNDERBREAKER.

June 27, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SKIRT BOARD RUBBER ON PLANT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEG EMPLOYEE HAD TO HAVE A TETNUS SHOT

May 1, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gifford-Hill & Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND SHOP YARD, WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON BUMPER OF TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HIS RIGHT KNEE HIT BED ON TRUCK. SPRAINING RIGHT KNEE.

April 21, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL STANDING ON RECEIVING BOX ON CONE CRUSHER AND REACHED TO GET MED BALL BUT WHEN ROCK FELL AND CUT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

March 15, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by flying object

WORKING ON CONE AT 42 WIND WAS BLOWING SAND BLEW IN EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE.

1988 · 7 incidents

October 11, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gifford-Hill & Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING EUCLID ON 10-11-88 WHEN THE PLANT WENT DOWN AND HE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO WALK TO WALK DOWN A SLOPE OF THE HEADER BANK WHEN HIS ARTIFICIAL LEG BUCKLED AND CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND FALL DOWN THE SLOPE.

September 19, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A BATTERY OUT OF BATTERY CASE OF A EUCLID. THE STRAPS THT ARE PROVIDED ON THEENDS OF THE BATTERIES. ONE BROKE LETTING THE BATTERY FALL TO ONE SIDE AND BREAKING EMPLOYEE S LEFT FOOT.

August 11, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP SWIVEL BASE ON 6 X 16 SECREEN MOTOR TO INSTALL V-BELTS THE BAR THAT HE WAS USING FOR LEVERAGE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER UNDER THE EDGE OF MOTOR BASE

June 25, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

MOVING FLOATING ROLL ON 4030 TRIPLE ROLL FOR ADJUSTMENT WHEN THE HYD RAM BUSTED THE UBOLTS THAT SUPPORTED IT THIS CAUSED A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS LOOSE TO FALL AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK

April 19, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE MAN WAS ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING MATERIAL OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR WHEN HE TURNED TO THROW THE MATERIAL HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.

February 19, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING WEST ON US 84, WHEN A PICK-UP STRUCK HIM IN THE REAR IOF VEHICLE CAUSING HIS HEAD TO GOTHRU THE REAR GLASS ON THE TRUCK. THE OTHER PICK-UP WAS DRIVING APPROX. 60 MPH, MAN WAS BELIVED TO BE DWI.

1987 · 6 incidents

July 21, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Contact with heat

WAS WORKING OUT IN SHOP, GOT TO HOT HAD SHORTNES OF BREATH, UP SET STOMACH. HAD DIZZNESS. LAID DOWN FOR AWHILE. PEACHES BATHED HIM DOWN WITH COLD WATER AND GAVE HIM LIQUIDS.

June 5, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) FIRE
Gifford-Hill & Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING ON ROLL2R, REACHED ACROSS ROLLOR TO START ANOTHER WELD, SHIRT CAUGHT ON FIRE COULD NOT GET SHIRT OFF. BURN ON BACK.

May 20, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PUTTING SKIRT BOARD HOOKER ON TOP OF CONVEYOR GAURD ON BACK OF TAIL PULLEY. HE WAS TRYING TO BALANCE HIMSELF TO JUMP DOWN & HIS WEDDING BAND GOT HUNG ON WIRE, PULLING SKIN OFF THAT FINGER.

April 14, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck against stationary object

CLEARING ROCK OUT OF JAW, SWINGING BREAKER BAR & HIT HAND ON METAL ON SIDE PLATE.

1986 · 7 incidents

June 5, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WA8HING BOULDER IN JAW CRUSHER AND CROWBAR SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN CHEEK BONE

April 15, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Struck by concussion

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING BEARING ON A C SCREEN DISCHARGE CAN.BELT & GOT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE.

January 9, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED3A PUMP UP TO MOVE OVER & STRAINED HIS BACK.

1985 · 3 incidents

October 28, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND GOT A WELDING CHIP IN EYE EYE WAS CLEANED OUT AND EMPLOYEE CAME BACK TO WORK

September 21, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT IN RIGHT SIDE WITH A PIECE OF MACHINERY, EMP WAS SENT TO DR PATTON HERE IN MEXIA THIS DRS REPORT IS ATTACHED, I.NAME DECIDED HE NEEDED A SECOND OPINION H AS SINCE SEEN HIS OWN DR

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