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Blue Point Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gregory Lewis
Yuba County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404938

Blue Point Mine has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
Ownership history
  1. Blue Point Rock Inc 1988 to 1993
  2. Micro-Gold Engineering 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1994 0
1993 9
1990 2
1989 5
1988 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Blue Point Mine sits in Yuba 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.
Yuba County, California · Population 83,079
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,313
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

1993 · 2 incidents

June 4, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Micro-Gold Engineering · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REMOVING A METAL SCREEN PANEL TO SERVICE THE SCRUBBER

April 10, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Micro-Gold Engineering · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING CONCRETE WITH A HAND HELD GRINDER WHEN IT KICKED BACK AND FLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND CUT HIS ARM.