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Ashland Granite Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Schedell Mary
San Diego County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404629

MSHA record for Ashland Granite Pit (mine ID 0404629). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. R G Atkinson 1983 to 1984
  2. Ashland Granite Corp 1984 to present
  3. A-1 Soils Company 1991 to 1992
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ashland Granite Pit sits in San Diego County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
San Diego County, California · Population 3,282,782
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$102,285
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

May 8, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ashland Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PICE OF ROCK WAS CAUGHT IN THE JAWS OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER WHICH EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PRY LOOSE,USING A WEDGE ATTACHED TO A METAL CHAIN.THE WEDGE GOT PULLED IN THE JAW CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE S LEFT AHND TO BE PRESSED HARD AGINST THE EDGE OF THE PLATFORM RAILING WHERE HE WAS STANDING,RESULTING IN DEEP CUTS ON TWO FINGERS OF HIS LEFT AHND.

March 17, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Ashland Granite Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPL STATED THAT WHILE GOING DOWNHILL OPERATING A CAT 988B LOADER THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK HE LOST CONTROL OF THE MACHINE AND WENT OVER EMBANKMENT EMPL CAME TO THE OFFICE COMPLAINING OF ACUTE P AIN IN HIS LOWER BACK