Mining Incidents

MZP Kiln Services, Inc. contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: B1636
Safety record
1
Fatalities
59
Citations
467,698
Employee-hours (2000+)
Rates use contractor-reported employee-hours as the denominator. About 2% of reported hours are dropped as duplicate filings, so the hours total runs slightly low and any per-hour rate reads slightly high. Quarters filed with zero hours are excluded, and hours are reported only from 2000 on.
2.14
Fatalities / million hrs
126.1 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
  • OTHER 2 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
2 (1f)
2021
1
2020
2
2018
2
2016
2
2015
3

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded
January 6, 2026 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
National Cement Company Of California Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

During preparation for dismantling of motor and gear box on slide gate. Employee didn't follow given instructions and removed all bolts from gearbox. That cause released of stored energy on slide gate and motor with gear box start spinning. Employee got caught by the equipment and started spinning with it. During spinning their head hit the handrail which caused a fatal injury.