Mining Incidents

EXCALIBAR MINERALS INC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Newpark Resources Inc
Houston, Harris County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103115

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Jul 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
18
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,749
proposed penalties
$1,749
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
2004 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 831 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,972 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 9,672 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,978 1 1 111.4
2002 Q2 9,196 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9,670 3 0 310.2
2001 Q4 11,122 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2004 · 1 incident

July 12, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was filling and stacking 100 lb. bags on pallets when he experienced pain in his right shoulder.

2003 · 1 incident

November 21, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

15 LBS HAMMER RECOILED AND STRUCK VICTIM'S RIGHT KNEE.

2002 · 2 incidents

September 20, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

VICTIM SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE RODDING MILL FEED.CAUGHT ARM ON UNISTRUT.

July 26, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

VICTIM WAS TAKING MEASURMENTS FOR REPLACING THE HEAD PULLEY ASSEMBLY ON THE APRON FEEDER. AS HE DESCENDED THE LADDER HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL BACKWARD ONTO THE GROUND (APPROX. 5.5 FEET).

2001 · 4 incidents

November 1, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING A LOAD OF ROCKDUST. HE WAS USING THE FORKLIFT AND A FLAT PAN. EMPLOYEE TURNED PAN OVER TO DUMP IT. WHEN THE PAN HIT THE GROUND ROCK DUST FLEW UP. SMALL ROCK PARTICLES GOT INTO HIS EYES.

October 3, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STRAINED BACK WHILE PRESSURE WASHING UNDER TRUCK SCALE.

July 9, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING GLASS FROM CONTROL ROOM WINDOW, GLASS SHATTERED, CUTTING VICTIMS RIGHT PALM.

June 27, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

SMALL PARTICLES FELL INTO VICTIM'S LEFT EAR WHILE RODDING MILL.

2000 · 5 incidents

December 18, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ENTERED THE CONTROL ROOM AND REMOVED HIS HARD HAT AND FELT SOMETHING ON HIS LEFT EYE.

November 28, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST SPRAYING HYDRAULIC OIL IN VICTIM'S FACE AND EYES. VICTIM EXPERIENCED EYE DISCOMFORT.

September 14, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING DEBRIS FROM CRUDE ORE TANK EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED FROM PRY BAR CRUSHING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN PRY BAR AND MACHINE GUARD.

March 6, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING - AS EE WAS WELDING HE SUSTAINED A FLASH BURN TO HIS LEFT EYE, DUE TO THE WELDING ARC REFLECTING OFF THE WHITE TIN WALLS OF THE MILL BUILDING.

February 22, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STRAINED NECK WHILE SHOVELING MATERIAL.