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Inyokern Sand Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mendel Al Jr
Kern County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404789

MSHA record for Inyokern Sand Pit (mine ID 0404789). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Desert Construction Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Inyokern Sand Pit sits in Kern County, California, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Kern County, California · Population 910,433
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,660
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

January 24, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Desert Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLEANING 0EEDER A ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF FEEDER AND CRUSHED HAND AGAINST GRIZLY BARS.

January 14, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Desert Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING 2OPPER THE FEED BAR WOULD NOT MOVE WITH PROPER EQUIPMENT SO EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO USE HIS HAND TO MOVE THEM.AS THE FEED BARS BEGAN TO MOVE THEY ROCKED AND CAUGHT HIS HAMD.