Mining Incidents

CARSON SHOP AREA/RUBY MILL SITE: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Sierra County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405326

MSHA record for CARSON SHOP AREA/RUBY MILL SITE (mine ID 0405326). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Dec 1997
Ownership history
  1. Brush Creek Mining & Development Company Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

CARSON SHOP AREA/RUBY MILL SITE sits in Sierra 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.
Sierra County, California · Population 2,731
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$60,000
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

December 4, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Brush Creek Mining & Development Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING 12 X 12 BEAM WITH 1" AUGER BIT. BIT GRABBED WOOD AND TWISTED RIGHT WRIST.