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Cascade: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Cascade Exploration · Facility
Controlled by Walters Gordon
San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405080

Cascade has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
Ownership history
  1. Cascade Exploration 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Cascade 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

1990 · 3 incidents

June 21, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cascade Exploration · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL REMOVING MATERIALS FROM INSIDE DENVER SCREW.WENT TO GET OUT,SLIPPED CAUGHT SELF WITH LEFT S WRIST AND HAND.

May 10, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cascade Exploration · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO "GREASE" THE CRUSHER, HE CLIMBED ON TOP OF CRUSHER WITHOUT SAFETY BELTS (WHICH WERE AVAILABLE) AND WITH WET BOOTS ON. HE THEN SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 5-FEET TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS FEET, THEN FALLING BACK ON TAILBONE.

April 30, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cascade Exploration · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CLEANING OUT BED OF TRUCK PC OF METAL BACK PAIN WHILE MOVING OBJECT FROM OF FRONT OF TRU K TO BACK