Mining Incidents

Firestone Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sullivan William T
Inyo County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0403732

MSHA record for Firestone Mill (mine ID 0403732). 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
1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Ownership history
  1. Firestone Mining Industries Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Firestone Mill sits in Inyo County, California, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Inyo County, California · Population 18,803
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$72,432
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

1986 · 1 incident

August 28, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Firestone Mining Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

PRY BAR SLIPPED3AND EMPLOYEE STRUCK ELBOW ON EQUIPMENT GUARD LACERATION OF ELBOW.