Mining Incidents

Windsor Plant No 3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
Sonoma County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401801

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

June 11, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING WEDGE IN SCREEN FRAME, HOLDING FRAME WITH LEFT HAND, POUNDING WITH RIGHT HAND. HAMMER EMPLOYEE WAS USING GLANCED OFF WEDGE AND HAMMER HANDLE STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND, M IDDLE FINGER, MASHING IT AGAINST SCREEN FRAME.

May 18, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO FREE UP A ROLLER UNDER THE CRUSHER.

April 12, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN. EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CAT 633 SCRAPER WHEN HE STARTED EXPERIENCING INTENSE CHEST PAINS. LEMPLOYEE HAS A LONG STANDING HEAR CONDITION WHICH EXISTED BEFORE HE WAS EMPLOYED BY KAISER SAND AND GRAVEL CO.

1989 · 4 incidents

October 31, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

CUMULATIVE CONDITION OF EMPLOYEE RIDING ON SCRAPER. THE CONTINUAL BOUNCING AND JARRING ON THE HAUL ROADS AND UNEVEN TERRAIN OVER TIME HAS CREATED A PAINFUL CONDITION IN HIS BACK.

August 15, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

SOMEWHAT UNCLEAR. EMPLOYEE WAS TERMINATED ON 8/16/89, AND AFTER BEING NOTIFIED OF TERMINATION, HE STATED THAT HE HAD INJURED HIMSELF THE PREVIOUS DAY WHEN THE SCRAPER HE WAS DRIVING SLIPPED OR DROPPED OFF THE SIDE OF THE HAUL ROAD HE WAS ON.

July 22, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP HIS DOZER, THE END OF AN UNSECURED TOW CABLE THAT WAS LOOPED AROUND THE END OF THE DOZER AND THROUGH THE ROPS GOT CAUGHT IN THE LEFT TRACK. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTI CE THE CABLE BEING PULLED THROUGH THE ROPS FROM THE RIGHT, AND WHEN THE END OF THE CABLE GOT TO THE CAGE, IT WAS MOMENTARILY CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LIGHT BRACKET AND THE CAGE BEFORE IT SNAPPED TH

July 10, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING A PLUGGED FEEDER WITH A LONG PRY BAR. AFTER CLEARING FEEDER EMPLOYEE LOOKED UP INTO FEEDER, REMOVING HIS HARD HAT TO DO SO, AND A ROCK CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HE AD.