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Aiken Cinder Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Volco Research · Surface
Controlled by Aiken Russell A
San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401009

Aiken Cinder Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Wmk Builders Products 1950 to 1980
  2. Wmk Builders Products 1980 to 1983
  3. Volco Research 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1997 0
1996 1
1995 1
1994 1
1993 3
1992 4
1991 4
1990 4
1989 4
1988 4
1987 4
1986 4
1985 3
1984 3
1983 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Aiken Cinder Mine sits in San Bernardino County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
San Bernardino County, California · Population 2,187,816
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,184
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1989 · 1 incident

April 26, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Volco Research · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE MOVED A BLOCK UP TO THE LOADER HE DROPPED IT AND I REACHED DOWN TO PUSH IT THE FRAME IN TURN INJURING HIS BACK.

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1986 · 2 incidents

December 1, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Volco Research · Struck by flying object

WIND PICKED UP 7INDER OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND IMBEDDED IN EYE.

June 19, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Volco Research · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LIFTING AN ENGI3E.STUMPED AND MASHED FINGER.