Mining Incidents

LEMONCOVE GRANITEMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Thomas M Cairns
Lemoncove, Tulare County, CA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405153
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006–2011
Latest incident
Aug 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

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

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.