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Gardner'S Point Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Sierra County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404828

MSHA record for Gardner'S Point Mine (mine ID 0404828). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
Ownership history
  1. Brush Creek Joint Venture 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gardner'S Point Mine sits in Sierra County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Sierra County, California · Population 2,731
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$60,000
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

1987 · 2 incidents

June 29, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Brush Creek Joint Venture · Struck by flying object

JIG HUTCH PLUGG9D EMPL CLEARING NOZZLE BY OPERATING CONTROL VALVE-NOZZLE CLEARED VIOLENTLY JETTING HEAVY SANDS INTO EMPL FACE.

May 14, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brush Creek Joint Venture · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLIN1 POWER DISTRIBUTION OVERHEAD LINES FROM AN ELEVATED LOADER BUCKET EMPLOYEE WAS ATEMPTING TO TENSION LINE. HE PULLED BACK MUSCLES DURING THIS OPERATION. EMPLOYEE CONTIONED TO WR K UNTIL JOB WAS3COMPLETED.

1986 · 1 incident

November 29, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Brush Creek Joint Venture · Struck against stationary object

WHILE DISMOUNTI3G EQUIPMENT INDIVIDUAL STEPPED OUPON A ROUND ROCK CAUSING R. ANKLE TO BUCKLE AND FRACTURE