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Calspar Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Steelhead Resources Ltd
San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404114

MSHA record for Calspar Mine (mine ID 0404114). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Feb 1987
Ownership history
  1. Descher Corp 1950 to 1981
  2. Calspar Inc 1981 to 1986
  3. Calspar Division-Steelhead Resources Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Calspar 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

February 3, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Calspar Division-Steelhead Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME OPERATIN1 SWING FEED GATE TO REGULATE FLOW OF ROCK TO CRUSHER.HE REACHED INTO GATE TO DISLODGE ROCK AND FLAP GATE FELL PINCHING HIS FINGERS.

January 22, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calspar Division-Steelhead Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED LIF7ED A ELECTRIC MOTOR BY THE BASE AND SHAFT AND STARTED WALKING UP AN INCLINED CONVEYOR BELT. THE SHAFT ROTATED AND MOTOR FELL. HE TRIED TO CATCH THE MOTOR AND IT FELL ON HIS H AND AND WRIST F9ACTURING HIS RIGHT WRIST.

1984 · 1 incident

January 10, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Calspar Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS MOVING ROCK FROM FACE OF MINE A LARGE BOULDER WAS STUCK ENFACE OF MINE WHEN HE PICKED UP HIS BUCKET THE BOULDER CAME AND CAME EVER THE TOP OF THE LOADER BUCKET AND CAME DOWN AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD HIS RIGHT LEG GET A CUT HE WAS TOOK TO ST MARY HOSP IN APPLE VALLEY WHERE HE WAS XRAYED AND RELEASE .