Blackhawk · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MUCKER OPERATOR HIT THE BACK WELD BROKE CANOPY VCAME LOOSE HIT HAND CAUSING BAD BRUISE.
Evening Star Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Blackhawk
· Underground
Controlled by
Moreland William
Kern County,
CA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404663
Evening Star Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1988.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1988
- Latest incident
- Sep 1988
Ownership history
- Blackhawk 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 |
| 1988 | 14 |
| 1983 | 4 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Evening Star Mine sits in Kern County, California, where the Census mining category is 2.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Kern County, California · Population 910,433
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,660
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1988 · 3 incidents
Blackhawk · Struck against stationary object
PULL STARTING SMALL GAS ENGINE HOSE RACK WAS TO CLOSE AND HIT ARM ON RACK OPENED RT ELBOW WITH OPEN FRACTURE OF THE OLECRANON
Blackhawk · Struck by falling object
RIGHT ANKLE COMPOUND FRAC. WATER LOOSEN SLP AROUND ROCK IT CAME DOWN. I DID NOT SEE IT. JUST STARTER TO TURN AWAY FROM MACHINE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE THEN I WENT TO GROUND TRY TO STAND BUT COULDNT WHEN I KNOW THEN IT WAS BROKEN.