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Indian Creek Quarry: 11 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Parnum Paving Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robert J King
Lake County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405185

MSHA record for Indian Creek Quarry (mine ID 0405185). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1992–1993
Latest incident
May 1993
Ownership history
  1. Parnum Paving Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Indian Creek Quarry sits in Lake County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Lake County, California · Population 68,139
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$58,738
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

May 10, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Parnum Paving Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WORKER SLIPPED ON A PUDDLE OF POLYUMER CHEMICAL AGENT NON TOXIC WHILE WALKING BETWEEN MAINTENANCE JOBS ON A CONCRETE SLAB HE FELL ON HIS BACK CAUSING MUSCLE SPASMS IN THE PARA VERTEBRAL MUSCLE S OF THE LUMBAR AND THERACIS SPINE. HE RECEIVED CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS ON 5-10-93 AFTER HE FINISHED HIS WORK SHIFT AND AGAINS ON 5-11-93 ALSO AFTER HE FINISHED HIS WORK SHIFT.

April 13, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parnum Paving Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO FREE A STUCK WATER PRESSURE HOSE USED FOR CLEANING A SAND SCREW, THE WATER HIT THE SIDE OF TH TANK OF THE SAND SCREW, SPLASHING MUD AND SAND INTO THE EE'S EYES, ESPECIALLY THE LEFT EYE.

1992 · 9 incidents

November 18, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parnum Paving Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A SCREEEN IN THE PORTEC POWERSCREEN WASHER AT THE ROCK CRUSHING PLANT. THE SCREEN SLIPPED, CRUSHING THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND THE EQUIPMENT FRAME.

November 10, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parnum Paving Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING WHICH CAUSED HIKM TO HAVE SHARP PAINS IN HIS CHEST.

October 22, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Parnum Paving Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO LOOSEN CLOGGED MATERIAL ON SIDE OF CHUTE WHEN THE MATERIAL CAUSED THE SHOVEL TO STRIKE HIS LEG.

October 2, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Parnum Paving Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING MATERIAL FROM UNDERNEATH A CONEYOR AND STRUCK HIS FINGER ON A JAGGED PIECE OF METAL.

August 19, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Parnum Paving Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

55061S TESTING AMP DRAW AT CONTROL PANEL. WHILE TIGHTENING CONNECTIONS AND WITH THE DISCONNECT SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND CONTACTED A HOT WIRE CAUSING A VOLTAGE ARC ?0000

August 15, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Parnum Paving Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

54736YE EWAS INSTALLING PIPE VALVE NEAR BRUSH PILE AND DISTURBED A NEST OF YELLOW-JACKETS WHICH STUNG HIM 21 TIMES.

August 5, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Parnum Paving Inc · Fall from machine

54736YEE LOST CONTROL OF EQUIPMENT AND JUMPED TO THE GROUND RESULTING IN A FRACTURED WRIST AND MINOR DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT.

July 30, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Parnum Paving Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UP ON FRONT-END LOADER BUCKET TO CHECK A LUBRICATING GREASE FITTING AND ON THE WAY DOWN, HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF GREASE, SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE LOADER BUCKET.

July 9, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Parnum Paving Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TWISTED LEFT KNEE WHILE WALKING DOWN DIRT BANK.