Mining Incidents

Global Pumice Mine - Olancha Metal/Non-Metal

GLOBAL PUMICE, LLC · Surface
Olancha, Inyo County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0404783

Global Pumice Mine - Olancha has $172K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1986–2014
Latest incident
Jun 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
275
citations
68
significant & substantial
$172,362
proposed penalties
$153,418
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,944 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
75
inspections on record
1,298
inspection hours
21.2
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
275 citations across 1,298 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Global Pumice Mine - Olancha has $172K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 10 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$172K
proposed penalties
$155K
current assessed
$153K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
266 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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
2025 Q4 1,775 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,605 5 0 1919.4
2025 Q2 3,355 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,554 2 0 783.1
2024 Q4 2,520 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,800 2 0 714.3
2024 Q2 2,854 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,594 3 1 1156.5
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,710 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,028 5 2 1651.3
2023 Q2 3,370 1 0 296.7
2023 Q1 2,618 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,215 2 2 902.9
2022 Q3 3,664 7 5 1910.5
2022 Q2 3,390 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,780 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,486 5 2 1434.3
2021 Q3 3,697 4 1 1082.0
2021 Q2 3,500 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,874 3 1 774.4
2020 Q4 3,487 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,048 4 1 1312.3
2020 Q2 2,862 1 0 349.4
2020 Q1 3,374 5 2 1481.9
2019 Q4 4,542 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,937 9 0 3064.4
2019 Q2 2,882 1 0 347.0
2019 Q1 2,920 11 3 3767.1
2018 Q4 3,004 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,363 3 2 1269.6
2018 Q2 2,075 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,500 2 0 800.0
2017 Q4 1,535 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,712 6 0 3504.7
2017 Q2 2,664 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,618 14 4 5347.6
2016 Q4 2,374 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,007 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,291 5 2 2182.5
2016 Q1 1,501 2 0 1332.4
2015 Q4 1,096 9 2 8211.7
2015 Q3 882 7 1 7936.5
2015 Q2 385 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,363 10 3 4231.9
2014 Q3 2,750 19 4 6909.1
2014 Q2 2,018 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 962 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,284 11 5 4816.1
2012 Q4 2,854 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,327 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,563 4 0 1560.7
2012 Q1 2,830 3 2 1060.1
2011 Q4 3,594 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,225 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,461 3 1 1219.0
2011 Q1 3,464 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,748 22 8 12585.8
2010 Q3 1,012 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 944 9 3 9533.9
2010 Q1 612 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 923 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 951 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 904 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,020 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,020 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,943 4 1 2058.7
2008 Q1 2,558 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,530 4 0 1581.0
2007 Q3 2,660 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,460 1 0 406.5
2007 Q1 2,257 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,491 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,634 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,345 8 2 3411.5
2006 Q1 2,190 6 1 2739.7
2005 Q4 2,560 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,160 3 0 949.4
2005 Q1 2,477 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,795 7 0 3899.7
2004 Q3 2,090 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,833 3 1 1058.9
2004 Q1 1,837 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,280 3 0 1315.8
2003 Q3 1,872 10 2 5341.9
2003 Q2 2,935 5 0 1703.6
2003 Q1 2,445 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,195 2 1 911.2
2002 Q3 2,481 2 0 806.1
2002 Q2 2,030 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,024 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,934 2 1 1034.1
2001 Q3 2,852 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,561 3 0 1171.4
2001 Q1 2,363 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,438 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,783 3 0 1078.0
2000 Q2 2,861 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,829 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2014 · 1 incident

June 6, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
GLOBAL PUMICE, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was tightening a bolt on the plant "roll crusher" with another employee and applied too much pressure causing a strain on his left shoulder. Although this happened on June 6, 2014, employee continued to work with this strained shoulder until he believed it necessary to visit a doctor on June 27, 2014 for

2011 · 1 incident

July 18, 2011 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
California Natural Aggregates, Inc. · Unclassified, insufficient data

Left index finger was swollen, but did not know how/when, or where. Or it could have been a spider bite. Finger gotten worse later that same morning. Taken to the hospital. They then numbed his finger and cleaned it. They gave him antibiotic. Has to go in every 6 hours to have his finger cleaned out.

2001 · 1 incident

April 20, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
California Natural Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by flying object

PUMICE DUST BLOWN BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES AND INTOLEFT EYE. EYE IRRITATED AND SCRATCHED.

1997 · 2 incidents

February 24, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
California Natural Aggregates, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK CHAIN TO PAD-EYE ON WATER TANK, PREPARATORY TO LIFTING TANK, WHEN HE BECAME DISORIENTED, LOST HIS BALANCE AND SLIPPED, STRIKING THE RT SIDE OF HIS CHEST AGAINST THE T ANK. AT THE TIME HE WAS STANDING ON A LOADER TIRE, APPROX 26" WIDE AND 70" HIGH, WHICH WAS POSITIONED WITH THE FRONT WHEELS TOUCHING THE TANK TO ENABLE HIM TO REACH THE TOP OF THE TANK, APPRO

February 4, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
California Natural Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO. 2 ROLL CRUSHER FAILURE CAUSING MATERIAL(PUMICE ROCK 2"-4") SPILL OVER. EXCESSIVE MATERIAL ON CRUSHER SUPPORT DECK.

1995 · 1 incident

October 25, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Fall onto or against objects

HE SAID HE SLIPPED ON CONVEYOR BELT AS HE CLIMBED UP TO GREASE CRUSHER BEARINGS.

1994 · 1 incident

September 16, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BELLY PAN ON A D8K TRACTOR WHEN A BLOCK SLIPPED OUT AND LEFT PAN PINCH HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT AND THE GROUND.

1993 · 1 incident

February 16, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BOTTOM DECK OF 8X20 SCREEN-HE WAS STANDING ON A CONVEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND PULLED LOWER RIGHT GROIN. RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE HERNIA.

1991 · 2 incidents

June 14, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING PICKING HARD ROCKS FROM PUMICE ROCK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.DOCTOR CLEANED EYE AND PRESCRIBED PAIN KILLER FOR EYES AND TOLD HIM TO WEAR A PATCH ON EYE U NTIL IT FELT BETTER.

March 6, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A BOLT BEN IN PARTY VAN WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK-HE FINISHED SHIFT BUT WENT TO A DR THE NEXT MORNING. DOCTOR TOLD HIM TO NOT DO ANY HEAVY LIFTING FOR 1 WEEKS.

1989 · 3 incidents

November 13, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL GOING TO MOVE ROCK FROM APPROACH TO PLANT FEEDER.ONE FOOT SLIPPED AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

June 30, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING LOADER OPERATOR LOWERED BUCKET TO GROUND LEVEL WHICH ABRUPTLY STOPPED LOADER THROWING OPERATOR AGAINST WINDSHIELD

1988 · 2 incidents

June 28, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Natural Aggregate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT OVER UNDER PARTS VAN PICK UP TROUGHING ROLLER. APPROX. PUT 15 LBS TWISTED BACK LOWER MUSCLES.

January 12, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Natural Aggregate Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE FUELING C5TIPILLAR D-8, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON TRACKS. CAUGHT WITH HANDS AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

1987 · 2 incidents

November 2, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Natural Aggregate Company · Fall from machine

RAINING EMPLOYEE CLIMBED INTO LOADER 966 CAT SLIPPED & FELL & HIT RIBS ON LADDER. CRACKED RIB.

October 26, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Natural Aggregate Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING PIECE OF SLAG WENT DOWN EMPLOYEE BOOT BURNED SMALL WHOLE IN INSTEP SIZE OF PIN HEAD.

1986 · 1 incident

May 15, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Natural Aggregate Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

TRANSFERRING A 6ARREL OF OIL TO STORAGE AREA-BARREL ROLLED OVER FOOT.

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