Mining Incidents

Golden Quail Mill: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gallen David J
San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404282

MSHA record for Golden Quail Mill (mine ID 0404282). 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
1983–1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. Transcorp Technology Inc 1979 to 1980
  2. Vanderbilt Gold Corp 1980 to 1986
  3. Golden Quail Resources 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Golden Quail Mill 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

3 on file

1984 · 1 incident

May 16, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vanderbilt Gold Corp · Struck by falling object

LADDER FELL STRIKING EMP RT INDEX FINGER AGAINST PIPE

1983 · 2 incidents

December 14, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vanderbilt Gold Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME BARRELS INTO THE MILL BLDG AND SAID HE POPPED HIS BACK WHILE MOVING THEM

September 15, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vanderbilt Gold Corp · Struck by falling object

INJURED SUBJECT WORKING WITH PORTION OF CATWALK TURNED UP. CO-WORKER BEGAN TO ASCEND LADDER UNDER CATWALK. LADDER STRUCK CATWALK CAUSING IT TO FALL & STRIKE VICTIM, KNOCKING HARD HAT OFF HIS HEAD & LACERATING HIS FOREHEAD.