(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Chest pain and numbness of left arm - diagnosed heart attack - stents.
Kaweah River RockMetal/Nonmetal
Santa Fe Aggregates Inc · Surface
Controlled by Teichert Inc
Woodlake, Tulare County, CA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401832
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2001–2008
- Latest incident
- Nov 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file2008 · 1 incident
2005 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
EE WAS REPAIRING FRONT PLANT FEEDER IN TUNNEL. THE COME-ALONG FAILED AND FEEDER DROPPED ON RIGHT HAND AND BRUISED LEFT THUMB.
2002 · 3 incidents
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG GREASE PUMP ON BARREL & IT WORKED, CATCHING HIS RIGHT HAND, 2ND & 3RD FINGERS, SEVERING THEM AT THE FINGERTIPS.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STRAINED HIS KNEE OPERATING LOADER.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS REPAIRING A SCREEN PULLEY GUARD CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIS ARM.
2001 · 2 incidents
Struck against stationary object
WAS IN THE FEEDER TUNNEL TRYING TO PRY A ROCK AND THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIS HAND HIT THE ROCK.
Contact with hot objects or substances
HE WAS TORCHING A SCREEN AND RECEIVED A SLAG BURN IN RIGHT EAR.