Mining Incidents

Bissell Magnesite Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Calmat Company
Kern County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404388

MSHA record for Bissell Magnesite (mine ID 0404388). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. California Portland Cement Company 1980 to 1984
  2. California Portland Cement Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bissell Magnesite sits in Kern County, California, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Kern County, California · Population 910,433
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,660
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.