Mining Incidents

Mossdale Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Brown Sand Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robert H Brown Jr
70, San Joaquin County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405330

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2021
Latest incident
Jun 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
137
citations
26
significant & substantial
$16,673
proposed penalties
$16,324
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 5,919 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 19,840 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 17,774 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 17,281 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 19,388 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 23,343 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 19,173 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 19,611 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

4 on file

2021 · 2 incidents

June 15, 2021 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brown Sand Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Misplaced hand when grabbing the handle and smashed thumb in door.

May 6, 2021 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brown Sand Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepping off excavator rolled left ankle once placed on ground.

2020 · 1 incident

October 28, 2020 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Brown Sand Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An inexperienced miner helping with dredge line repair. Employee #1 loosened the haul back. The cable unreeled very fast and cut off the tip of employee #2 middle finger on right hand.

2001 · 1 incident

September 26, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brown Sand Inc · Fall onto or against objects

CABLE BROKE HITTING EE IN ARM. EE FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON PIECE OF METAL.