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Fontana Plant: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404150

Fontana Plant has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Fontana Paving Inc 1950 to 1988
  2. Boral Resources Inc 1988 to 1995
  3. Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1996 1
1994 1
1993 2
1992 4
1991 4
1990 6
1989 5
1988 8
1987 4
1986 4
1985 4
1984 4
1983 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Fontana Plant 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

4 on file

1990 · 1 incident

September 7, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WEARING OF EAR PLUGS CAUSED INNER AND OUTER EAR INFECTION. RIGHT EAR.

1989 · 2 incidents

November 20, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEARING ROCK FROM AROUND THE FEEDER BELT,WHEN BELT WAS STARTED UP AGAINS HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE GUARD UP AND HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN THE BELT PULLING HIS LEFT HAND IN.

July 13, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by flying object

FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE.

1988 · 1 incident

August 30, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Boral Resources Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON JAW CRUSHER.WRENCH SWITCHED DIRECTIONS CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 12' AND HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE ON THE METAL FRAME OF JAW C RUSHER.