Mining Incidents

PalmdaleMetal/Nonmetal

Robertson's · Surface
Palmdale, Los Angeles County, CA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0404803
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2000–2021
Latest incident
Oct 2021
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2021 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was cutting belting with a razor knife, blade slipped and cut through EE's glove & R-index finger.

2020 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated through the course of duties changing screens on a shaker deck on 5/22/2020 that employee's knee tightened up. Employee thought it would be fine, but 5-hours into the shift on 5/23/2020 employee reported the injury.

2008 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was greasing his loader when he slipped and fell hitting his side on the loader and cracked 3 ribs.

2007 · 3 incidents

Fall down stairs

Employee was walking down stairs and slipped and fell.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was attempting to un-hook a com-a-long from a chute and cut his arm on the chute.

Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee noticed a piece of metal that was on a conveyor belt (that just had gone through a crusher) and went to pick it up, the metal was hot and burnt two of his fingers.

2006 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Swinging a sledge hammer at a wedge in a cone crusher and missed the wedge. While swinging through, he felt a sting in his upper left shoulder.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing up ladder to enter cab of Haul Truck, felt pain in lower back.

Struck against a moving object

Driving haul truck - back pain.

2005 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee was cleaning out a chute that had build-up of material with a shovel. He stabbed at the build-up with the shovel and felt pain in his arm. Reported injury on 3/29/05.

2003 · 3 incidents

Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE PARKED HAUL TRUCKS SIDE BY SIDE THEN STEPPED ACROSS FROM PLATFORM TO PLATFORM. EE SLIPPED & FELL DOWNWARD BETWEEN PLATFORM CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT SIDE.

No Value Found

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING AWAY FROM WATER TRUCK CAB WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND, HIT HIS REAR END FIRST THEN HIS SHOULDER.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING CLEAN-UP IN THE AREA OF #2B CONVEYOR (STAND AND CRUSHER UNDER BELT), WHEN A 4"" - 8"" ROCK CAME FROM ABOVE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING CONSIDERABLE SWELLING AN D PAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO DOCTOR.

2002 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PRE TRIP A WATER TRUCK SERVICE THE TRUCK REQUIRED OPENING THE HOOD EE BELIVES ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS STOMACH WHILE OPENING THE HOOD.WENT TO HIS OWN DOCTOR ON 10-24-02 REPORTED TO CO. 10-25-02

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WINDY CONDITIONS CAUSED WIND BLOWN DUST TO GO AROUND EYE PROTECTION & INTO EE'S EYE. INJURY WAS FIRST AID UNTIL 6/26/02 REQUEST FOR MEDICAL.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

EE WAS HELPING REPLACE SCREENS, ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A WEDGE WITH A 4LB. SLEDGE HAMMER IN A HARD TO REACH LOCATION. HE INADVERTANTLY HIT THE RUBBER DONUT. THE HAMMER BOUNCED BACK & HIT HIS FIN GER AGAINST THE SHAKER SCREEN BASE.

2000 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTINGS PROCEDURES USED TO LIFT SCREENS, EE WAS LEANING OVER A SPRAY BAR USING HIS CHEST AS LEVERAGE TOLIFT UP SCREENS WITH BOTH HANDS ON A SET OF HOOKS ATTACHED TO THE SCREENS TO PULL IT UP WHEN EE HEARD A POP AND FELT PAIN IN HIS CHEST.