Mining Incidents

Arbuckle Portable Crusher: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert Robison
Trinity County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0402898

MSHA record for Arbuckle Portable Crusher (mine ID 0402898). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Jan 1989
Ownership history
  1. Trinity Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to 1987
  2. Coffee Creek Trinity Sand & Gravel Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Arbuckle Portable Crusher sits in Trinity County, California, where the Census mining category is 1.5% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Trinity County, California · Population 15,886
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$53,498
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1989 · 1 incident

1985 · 2 incidents

June 19, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Trinity Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF DRAGLINE CARRIER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND ALL OF HIS WEIGHT FELL ONTO HIS LEFT ARM WHICH CAUSED HIS BODY TO BE THROWN AGAINST THE MACHINE.

May 2, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A LARGE ROCK BY HAND FROM THE GRIZZLY OF THE ROCK CRUSHER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE

1984 · 3 incidents

October 29, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A LARGE ROCK BY HAND FROM THE GRIZZLY OF THE ROCK CRUSHER.

October 18, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Trinity Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPAIRING EQUIPMENT HE CRAWLED UINDER WALKWAY RAISED UP THE JACK WHILE LAYING DOWN PULLED HIS BACK.

August 3, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Trinity Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CAT ABOVE HIS HEAD WITH A VERY LARGE HEAVY WRENCH WHEN THE HANDLE SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND THE WRENCH HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH

1983 · 1 incident

November 28, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Trinity Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING ROCK TO CRUSHING PIT WHEN HE HIT A WASHED-OUT SECTION OF DIRT ROAD, AND TRUCK WENT INTO LARGE DEEP POT-HOLE IN ROAD. EMPLOYEE HIT BOTTOM OF DRIVERS SEAT EXTREMELY HARD, A ND FELT SHARP PAINS IN LOWER BACK.