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GERSTLEY MINE Metal/Non-Metal

U S Borax Inc · Facility

Controlled by Rio Tinto Group

Inyo County, CA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0405300

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1998–1999
Latest incident: Oct 1999

Quarterly safety rates

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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4	0	0	0
2000 Q3	0	0	0
2000 Q2	0	0	0
2000 Q1	0	0	0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1999 · 1 incident

October 15, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE

U S Borax Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER AND WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A PUSHCART RESULTING IN LOWER BACK PAIN.

1998 · 2 incidents

October 31, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY

U S Borax Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE BURNING WITH A TORCH, EE WAS NEGLIGENT IN GETTING HAND TOO CLOSE TO FLAME MINOR 2ND DEGREE BURN ON FINGER.

May 19, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER

U S Borax Inc · Struck by flying object

WIND BLEW BORAX & GRINDING DUST INTO EYE. A SMALL PARTICLE WAS REMOVED FROM HIS EYE BY A DR. THERE WAS NO LOST TIME.