Empire Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Connolly-Pacific Company · Surface

Controlled by Knife River Corporation

Avalon, Los Angeles County, CA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0404954

MSHA record for Empire Quarry (mine ID 0404954). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2019–2020
Latest incident: May 2020

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2019

inspections on record

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 58 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4	4	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	5,577	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	5,989	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	5,292	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	3,864	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	6,340	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	4,163	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	3,741	0	0	0.0

Show 3 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4	1,513	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	2,149	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	393	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2020 · 1 incident

May 6, 2020 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Connolly-Pacific Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Changing the pin on the curl arm of a 336 excavator.

2019 · 1 incident

August 27, 2019 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Connolly-Pacific Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While replacing the right front flat tire on a 2004 crew vehicle, employee strained back and ribs. Employee was offered help from another worker, employee declined help.

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