Mining Incidents

Tracy PitMetal/Nonmetal

Tracy, San Joaquin County, CA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404345
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2006
Latest incident
Nov 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2006 · 4 incidents

Fall down stairs

Employee was walking down steps from lunch room trailer when he rolled his left ankle.

Contact with hot objects or substances

Mud pump on clarifier exploded while EE was relieving preasure from top of pump causing hot rock and mud to splash on EE face and left arm. EE had light burns on face and 2nd degree burns on left forearm.

Struck against stationary object

EE was cleaning concrete floor around clarifier. EE slipped and hit right forearm on metal I beam. Resulting in a muscle bruise.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was removing sprocket from drag chain inside clarifier, support chain come-a-long internal mechanism failed causing chain to fall and pinch EE's Left hand between sprocket and drag chain.

2002 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER CUTTING POLYLINERS FOR THE GRIZZLY WITH A SKILL SAW, HE RETRACTED HIS BODY OVER THE LENGTHOF THE LAST CUT. THE SAW WAS OUT OF THE CUT, ON ITS SIDE WITH GUARD FULLY EXTENDED. HIS HAND & FINGER WERE PLACED OVER THE TRIGGER BUT THE SAW WAS NOT IN MOTION, AS HE RETRACTED THE SAW WAS ACTIVATED & CUT INTO HIS KNEE.

2001 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INSTALLING CONVEYOR, CABLE SMASHED FINGER AGAINST METAL CUT AND BROKE LEFT RING FINGER.