Mining Incidents

Fawndale Rock & AsphaltMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Peter Shea Jr
Redding, Shasta County, CA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405290
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2000–2020
Latest incident
Nov 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2020 · 1 incident

Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was moving tree branches/limbs with excavator and tree limb rolled out of bucket and entered cab. When tree limb entered cab, it broke employee's right leg.

2014 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Climbing up a ladder to access the control shed. After stepping off of the ladder, he turned & hit his left elbow on a safety chain ring. He then felt faint, cat down & passed out 1 - 5 minutes. Reported incident 6 hours later to foreman. Went to Redding Occupational Medical Clinic. Returned to work that night. No lost time.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee reached around an employee that was using a 4 1/2"" grinder and grabbed the metal he was cutting. Pinched the grinding wheel and it jumped and cut his left forearm. Note: Employee was also dehydrated which led to the hospital stay.

2012 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

worker was climbing off 8x20 screen deck and hit forehead on a bolt.

2010 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was grinding and welding on 1/18/10. Does not know specifically when metal got into his eye. Went home and noticed eye irritation and went to Eye Doctor after-hours. Notified Employer of injury on 1/19/10.

2008 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was carrying bags of ANFO to drill holes on a quarry bench. He indicated the next morning that his lower back was sore but that the condition may be due to a previous injury with another employer.

2007 · 2 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employees was walking near screen plant bag house and slipped in mud

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was operating an excavator with equipped with a hammer when he observed a hydraulic line tangled around the ""thumb"". He stepped on the side of the hammer to reach the line and slipped causing an ankle sprain.

2006 · 2 incidents

Fall onto or against objects

Worker was walking backwards and tripped into a crusher mantle liner lying upside down on the ground and sustained injury to his ribs, upper back and neck.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was removing cutting edges from a CAT 988B loader and lacerated left middle finger on sharp edge on a bolt.

2004 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER

2000 · 4 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A LARGE ROCK LODGED IN FEED HOPPER. MATERIAL ABOVE CAME LOOSE AND A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK GOT INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GUARD TO REPLACE BEARING ON HEAD PULLEY. WHILE LIFTING OPEN TOP PORTION OF GUARD, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND SLIPPED & BOTTOMOF GUARD CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN GUARD AND FRAME MEMBER.

Fall from machine

WORKER CLIMBED UNDER HANDRAIL TO CONNECT A COME-A-LONG TO THE END OF A CONVEYOR BELT THAT WAS B EING INSTALLED. AS HE WAS SITTING ON THE CONVEYOR FRAME HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROU ND.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS HOLDING A LARGE WRENCH ON A NUT WHILE ANOTHER WORKER TIGHTENED THE BOLT WITH AN AIR IMPACT GUN. WHEN THE BOLT TIGHTENED ON THE NUT IT CAUSED THE NUT TO TURN AND THE WORKERS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND A STEEL BEAM.