EE WAS SHOVELING ROCK, SAND & GRAVEL FROM UNDERNEATH A BURIED TAIL PULLEY AT THE CRUSHING PLANT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
API Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Aggregate Products Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
John Corcoran
Salton Sea Beach,
Imperial County,
CA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0404678
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2005
- Latest incident
- Mar 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
122
citations
30
significant & substantial
$19,848
proposed penalties
$19,697
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 | 5,676 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 5,559 | 1 | 0 | 179.9 |
| 2025 Q2 | 6,422 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 5,271 | 3 | 0 | 569.2 |
| 2024 Q4 | 6,514 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 5,694 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,721 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,932 | 2 | 1 | 508.6 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2005 · 1 incident
March 10, 2005
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
2001 · 1 incident
Aggregate Products Inc · Struck by flying object
LABORER SHOVELING BY CONVEYER WHEN PLANT WAS ABOUT TO START. LOUD BUZZER SOUNDED, WARNING WORKERS TO MOVE AWAY FROM MOVING EQUIPMENT. LABORER IGNORED WARNING AND CONTINUED WORKING. ROCK FROM C ONVEYER HIT RIGHT SIDE OF LABORERS HARD HAT THENHIT RIGHT SHOULDER.
2000 · 1 incident
August 10, 2000
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregate Products Inc · Struck by falling object
WORKER WAS POSITIONING RIPPER SHANK INTO SLOT ONDOZER WHEN THE ROPE THAT WAS SUPPORTING THE RIPPER SHANK BROKE. THE SHANK FELL ON THE WORKER PINNING HIM TO THE GROUND.