Mining Incidents

Santa Cruz Sand Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Peter J Lemon
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401782

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2004–2014
Latest incident
Nov 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
48
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,597
proposed penalties
$5,464
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
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 890 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

5 on file

2014 · 1 incident

November 24, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Rock Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Team member was rotating pump drive sheave by hand to check for contact with guard when finger became caught between sheave and v-belt.

2009 · 1 incident

October 14, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Rock Company · Struck against a moving object

As operator approached 5' to 6' pile, his loader was on an incline with bucket full of sand. As he put loader in reverse, a clump of material came off the top of the bucket and shattered the windshield. Loader tipped slightly backward and sand in bucket came into cab, crushing console and steering wheel. Employee sustained cut on right arm and fracture/bone chip in right ankle.

2007 · 1 incident

September 8, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Rock Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While unloading a 30 foot length of pipe, the end of the pipe toward the front of the vehicle slipped. The rear of the pipe "whipped" around, striking employee in the jaw and face.

2005 · 1 incident

February 16, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Rock Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING THE LARGEST BLADE INTO PLACE, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AT THE WAIST AREA.

2004 · 1 incident

August 26, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Rock Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ADVISED COMPANY ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2004 THAT HE HAD BEEN TREATING WITH HIS PERSONAL CHIROPRACTOR FOR LOW BACK PAIN. THE ADVISED FELT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY OPERATING THE SCRAPER.