Mining Incidents

Shenandoah Mill Metal/Non-Metal

KMI Zeolite Inc · Facility
Controlled by Clarence Wagenaar
Death Valley, Inyo County, CA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2602408

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2017–2018
Latest incident
Aug 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
335
citations
84
significant & substantial
$179,787
proposed penalties
$168,648
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 773 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,022 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,781 5 2 2807.4
2025 Q1 2,808 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,976 8 3 2688.2
2024 Q3 2,754 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,630 16 1 6083.7
2024 Q1 2,192 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

2 on file

2018 · 1 incident

August 25, 2018 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
KMI Zeolite Inc · Fall from machine

Miner was one of our CDL driver. Miner stepped out of the truck onto the side of the scale. When they stepped onto the scale, their foot slipped and they fell onto the side rail and over. Miner broke four ribs and their clavicle.

2017 · 1 incident

March 15, 2017 CA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
KMI Zeolite Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Braker bar slipped hit employee on R eyelid and R index finger causing lacerations.