Mining Incidents

Zamora Caliche Products Incorporated: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Hidalgo County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103146

MSHA record for Zamora Caliche Products Incorporated (mine ID 4103146). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Ownership history
  1. Zamora Caliche Products Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Zamora Caliche Products Incorporated sits in Hidalgo County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Hidalgo County, Texas · Population 880,921
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$52,281
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1992 · 3 incidents

October 1, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Zamora Caliche Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED THE TOP OF HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. THE INJURYW AS CAUSED BY HITTING THE TIP OF HIS LITTLE FINGER AGINST THE FRAME OF A D8 CAT DOZER WITH A WRENCH WHILE DOING REPAIRS.

September 25, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Zamora Caliche Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED HIMSELF WHIEL BREAKING A SMALL BOULDER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, HE MISSED THE BLOW TO THE BOULDER HITTING THE METAL FRAME OF THE ROCK CRUSHER, BOUNCING OF FAND HITTING THE TOP OF HEAD SL IGHTLY.

February 10, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Zamora Caliche Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE INJURED HIMSELF WHILE OPERATING THE ENTRANCE GATES TO THE CALICHE PIT.THE INJURY WAS TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.WHILE HOLDING THE GATE TO OPEN,CAUSING DEEP CUTS TO HIS FING ER.

1990 · 1 incident

February 26, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Zamora Caliche Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME LOADING TRUCKS WITH CALICHE.WHEN BACKING UP TO RELOAD THE BUCKET AND AT THE SAME TIME I.ANMEWAS BACKING UP CRAWLER D-8 HITTING EACH OTHER BACK TO BACK.