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Benson Mine: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404689

MSHA record for Benson Mine (mine ID 0404689). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Feb 1984
Ownership history
  1. Nova Extraction Technologies & Lewis D Hall Est 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Benson Mine sits in San Bernardino County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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 Bernardino County, California · Population 2,187,816
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,184
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded