Mining Incidents

Shuster QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

ukiah, Mendocino County, CA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405071
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2003 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING THE JAW ON CRUSHER, KNEELING DOWN. A METAL BAR USED TO LOOSEN JAMMED ROCKS WAS STORED AT THE TOP OF THE CRUSHER, AND IT FELL APPROX 12 FT AND STRUCK EE ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. EE WAS WEARING ALL REQUIRED PPE (I.E. HARD HAT).

2002 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO WATER TRUCK, FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

2001 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE OPERATOR LOADER FOR CRUSHING OPERATIONS. HIS LOADER WAS STRUCK BY AN ERRANT ROCK WHEN HE ENTERED A RESTRICTED AREA. THE FOLLOWING DAY EMPLOYEE CLAIMED PAIN IN HIS BACK AND NECK FROM T HE INCIDENT.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DISLODGING ROCKS THAT WERE STUCK IN THE JAW. ROCKS CAME TOGETHER CAUSING SMALL CHIPS AND DIRT TOFLY OFF AND HITTING EE IN THE EYE.