Mining Incidents

Edmonston Rock Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Griffith Company · Surface
Controlled by Tom Foss
Lebec, Kern County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0403447

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2005–2011
Latest incident
Jul 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
160
citations
30
significant & substantial
$43,614
proposed penalties
$31,956
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
2025 Q4 5,107 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,178 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,021 2 1 332.2
2025 Q1 4,681 1 0 213.6
2024 Q4 4,767 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,218 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,657 1 0 214.7
2024 Q1 4,032 1 0 248.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2011 · 1 incident

July 20, 2011 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Griffith Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Operator loosened radiator cap while machine was hot

2008 · 1 incident

December 10, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
Griffith Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stretching and flexing - while doing these exercising movements, his lower back started hurting.

2005 · 2 incidents

October 28, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Griffith Company · Struck against stationary object

INSTALLING AN ACCESS LADDER TO CATWALK ON DOZER TRAP CONVEYOR. STEPPED OFF DECK ONTO A ROCK. ROCK MOVED AND EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND HURT LEFT KNEE.

July 13, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Griffith Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 12LB.HAMMER TO LOOSEN A NUT ON A CONE LINER WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF & LODGED IN HIS LEFT LEG JUST AROUND THE KNEE.