Mining Incidents

LEMONCOVE GRANITE Metal/Non-Metal

Lemoncove Granite · Surface
Controlled by Thomas M Cairns
Lemoncove, Tulare County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405153

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006–2011
Latest incident
Aug 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
105
citations
17
significant & substantial
$12,192
proposed penalties
$12,029
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 1,196 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,482 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,626 1 0 615.0
2025 Q1 1,570 1 0 636.9
2024 Q4 1,519 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,498 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,620 1 0 617.3
2024 Q1 1,276 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

2011 · 1 incident

August 22, 2011 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Lemoncove Granite · Struck by flying object

While opening the cone crusher a trapped rock flew out and hit employee on the arm and on his face. There was a bucket tooth lodged in the cone and it had stopped the rotation of the cone, so the outer liner was raised to free the tooth.

2006 · 1 incident

December 6, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lemoncove Granite · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Employee standing on catwalk when catwalk fell off the machine he was operating. This caused him to fall and he received 3 compression fractures to his lower back.