Mining Incidents

Briggs Road Plant: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
Ventura County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404823

MSHA record for Briggs Road Plant (mine ID 0404823). 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
1987–1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. Southern Pacific Milling Company 1986 to 1988
  2. Southern Pacific Milling Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Briggs Road Plant sits in Ventura County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Ventura County, California · Population 838,259
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$107,327
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

1990 · 6 incidents

November 19, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON TOP OF POWER SCREEN SHAKER CHANGING THE TOP SCREEN HOLDING ENTRY END UP WITH L HAND TO CLEAR BOTTOM OF FRAME FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN SCREEN AND FRAME Y

July 10, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING JAW PLATE AND THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIS TEETH.

July 10, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE KUE-KEN JAW CRUSHER WORKING, HINGE PIN CAP AND SOCKET WAS STUCK ON HEAD OF BOLT, HE PULLED ON THE SOCKET WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE IT SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN SOCKET AND FRAME FOR CATWALK.

June 4, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A FRAYED RUSTY CABLE OUT OFTHE FEEDER &THE CABLE PUNCTURED HER RT ARM ABOUT THE WRIST

March 19, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BASE OF STAIRWAY WITH CUTTING TORCH, HAND RAIL BROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SUSTAIN INJURY TO LEFT THIRD FINGER.

February 22, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AROUND PLANT DOING VARIOUS JOBS, CUTTING TIGHTENING BOLTS, ETC., WHEN FOREIGN BODY ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.

1987 · 1 incident

December 28, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EQUIPMENT #14293& #1427 WERE LOW ON WATER. I,NAME HANDED A 5 GALLON BOTTLE OF WATER TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, OTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS ON TOP OF HOOD OF #1429. OTHER EMPLOYEE TOOK BOTTLE OF WATER AN D LOST CONTROL3OF BOTTLE. I,NAME JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY OFTHE FALLING BOTTLE AND WRENCHED HIS BACK.