Mining Incidents

STRINGER PIT Metal/Non-Metal

BROWNS VALLEY, Yuba County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405403

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2010–2022
Latest incident
Sep 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
61
citations
12
significant & substantial
$13,253
proposed penalties
$12,958
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 3,149 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,838 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,963 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,247 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,083 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,718 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,158 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,930 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

2022 · 1 incident

September 20, 2022 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Silica Resources, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was clearing accumulated rock from conveyor when rock was dislodged and struck miner in the leg and ankle causing contusions and abrasion.

2015 · 1 incident

June 29, 2015 CA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Silica Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Miner hyper-extended big toe while working on pipe. Miner was pushing pipe with foot when injury happened. Miner reported heat related injury on 6/30/15 and went to Urgent Care on 7/1/15. While there, doctor cleaned up infected big toe. Miner reported big toe injury to Supervisor on 7/5/15. Miner was admitted to hospital on 7/3/15.

2012 · 1 incident

September 22, 2012 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Silica Resources, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Changing a screen on our McClosky, came down the ladder and stepped wrong and twisted his knee.

2010 · 1 incident

April 9, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Silica Resources, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Miner was lubing screen. When he stepped away from screen, he stepped on cobble twisting left ankle. Miner reported incident on April 13, 2010, at 7:00 a.m. He left the site on 4/13/10 and went to Comp Clinic to get ankle checked out.