EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A LIGHT PLANT WHEN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DOOR FELL CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DOOR FRAME.
Cactus Gold Mine: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Cactus Gold Mine (mine ID 0404786). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1988–1990
- Latest incident
- Oct 1990
- Brown & Root (U S A) Inc 1986 to present
Cactus Gold Mine sits in Kern County, California, where the Census mining category is 2.3% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
9 on file1990 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON STEP LADDER WELDING ON RIGHT SIDE OF 988 CAT LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND ON THE LADDER BREAKING A BONE IN HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE I NAME WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER FROM OPERATORS STATION OF THE HAUL TRUCK HE DRIVES WHEN HE SET HIS RT FOOT ON A ROCK & TURNED HIS ANKLE WHILE CATCHING HIMSELF FROM FALLING HE WRENCHED HIS UPPER BACK
1989 · 2 incidents
I NAME WAS HELPING W NAME ANOTHER MECHANIC JUMP START A TRUCK I NAME WAS REMOVING THE JUMPER CABLES W NAME THOUGHT THE TRUCK WAS IN NEUTRAL LET OUT ON THE CLUTCH THE TRUCK MOVED FORWARD PINCHI ING I NAME LEGS BETWEEN BOTH TRUCKS I NAME WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY SAID HIS LEGS WERE BRUISED I NAME WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK ON RESTRICTED DUTY
EMPL REMOVING DRILL SEEL FROM DRILL USING J-WRENCH WHEN STEEL SLIPPED COMING LOOSE STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT SIDE KNOCKING HIM INTO CAB SIDE OF DRILL.EMPL RECD CRACKED RIB AND BROKEN JAW ALSO MINO R LACERATION TO STOMACH.
1988 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE IS EXPERINCED AND HAS RECEIVED TRAINING IN LIFTING TECHINICS. LIFTING AND CARRYING ACTIVITY WAS TAKING PLACE OVER UN-EVEN SURFACE. BAGS ARE EASILY HANDLED AND WEIGH 50 POUNDS. IMPA IRMENT WILL BE TOTAL INUBILTY OF INJURY TO LIFT FOR MINIUIM OF TWO WEEKS.
EMPLOYEE WASUSING IMPACT WRENCH WHEN H8IS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT UNDER WRENCH CAUSING CONTUISON TO RING AND LITTLE FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 50TON WABCO HAUL TRUCK WAITING TO BE LOADED BY A 988B CAT LOADER TRUCK DRIVER SAID LOADER OPERATOR BUMPED INTO HIS TRUCK WHILE LOADING THEREBY CAUSING TRUCK DRIVER T O BE JARRED IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK LOADER OPERA TOR DID NOT REMEMBER BUMPING INTO PARKED TRUCK
EMPLOYEE WENT ON TRUCK TOWASH OFF OIL. WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE DRIVE SHAFT COVER, HE SLIPPED BECUASE OF OIL AND INJURED HIS RIGHT LEG ON UPPER TIBI AREA.