Mining Incidents

El Paso Plant Metal/Non-Metal

American Minerals Inc · Facility
El Paso, El Paso County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4102978

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
Jun 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
37
citations
9
significant & substantial
$3,272
proposed penalties
$3,272
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 2,264 4 2 1766.8
2005 Q3 328 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 496 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,198 2 0 322.7
2004 Q2 7,336 13 0 1772.1
2004 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8,043 2 1 248.7
2002 Q3 7,760 7 6 902.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2004 · 1 incident

June 30, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
American Minerals Inc · Flash burns (electric)

Employee was going to start up the Iron Pyrite circuit and went to turn on the safety switch box lever. The lever got stuck half way up and he lower it, he then tried to lift the lever up again with some force and the electricity arced burning his left hand.

2003 · 2 incidents

December 12, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BAGGING MATERIAL, WHEN HE TURNED HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT. HIS ENTIRE LEFT SIDE STARTED TO HURT FROM THE WAIST UP, ARM.

March 20, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS BAGGING 100 LBS. BAGS, WHEN TOOK THE BAG OFF THE MACHINE HE TURNED TO PLACE IT ON THE PALLET AND HIS RT. KNEE BUCKLED, CAUSING HIM TO HIT IT ON SOME OTHER PALLETS THAT WERE NEXT TO HIM.

2002 · 1 incident

April 20, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE CAME TO LOAD A TRUCK ON SATURDAY MORNING. HE WAS OPENING THE SLIDE DOOR TO THE STORAGE ROOM WHERE THE FORKLIFTS ARE KEPT AND IT SUDDENLY GOTSTUCK, CAUSING HIM TO JAM HIS SHOULDER ON THE DOOR.

2001 · 1 incident

April 26, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
American Minerals Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE FAINTED AT WORK. HE FAINTED WHILE WALKING AWAY FROM THE MILL AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. EE RECOVERED, SHOWERED AND DROVE HIMSELF HIME. LATER THAT SAME EVEING EE FELT WORSE AND WAS TAKEN TO TH E HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS DETERMINE THAT HE HAD SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK. EE WAS TREATED AND LATER RELEASED AND IS CURRENTLY RECOVERING AT HOME.