Mining Incidents

Cajalco Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ronald W Pharris
Riverside County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405069

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Apr 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

April 13, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
C L Pharris Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THREE MAN CREW WAS ATTEMTPING TO CLEAR A CONE CRUSHER PLUG-UP. THE HEAD BOX HAS TO BE RIASED TO ALLOW ACCESS TO CLEAR THE CRUSHER. THE HEAD BOX WAS LIFTED BY A BOOM (HYDRAULIC) TRUCK AND BRACI NG WAS PLACED UNDE THE HEAD BOX. WHEN THE HEAD BOX WAS LOWERED THE BRACING SLIPPED AND THE INDIVIDUALS LEFT RING FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE HEAD BOX AND THE I-BEAM.