Mining Incidents

Fargo Canyon Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James Richert
Coachella, Riverside County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404470

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009–2010
Latest incident
Sep 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
104
citations
41
significant & substantial
$72,789
proposed penalties
$60,654
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
2021 Q3 2,107 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 785 2 1 2547.8
2020 Q4 2,019 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,218 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,540 2 1 1298.7
2020 Q1 1,543 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,671 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,728 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

2 on file

2010 · 1 incident

September 22, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coronet Concrete Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While removing the under screen belt guard to remove the rocks, the guard hit EE on his right wrist, causing a contusion.

2009 · 1 incident

June 17, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coronet Concrete Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was inserting a locking wedge on one of the bolts to tighten the cone and the wedge slid into place easier than he thought it would. He smashed his finger between the wedge and the bolt and broke the tip of his fourth finger on his left hand.