Mining Incidents

Irvine Lake Rock Plant: 16 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
Orange County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404085

MSHA record for Irvine Lake Rock Plant (mine ID 0404085). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1985–1995
Latest incident
May 1995
Ownership history
  1. Blue Diamond Materials 1950 to 1988
  2. Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Irvine Lake Rock Plant sits in Orange 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.
Orange County, California · Population 3,164,063
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$113,702
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

1995 · 3 incidents

May 30, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials · Struck against a moving object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THE WHEEL BROKE OFF THE AXLE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE CONTROL OF HIS TRUCK.

March 3, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD STEPPED UP ONTO 6" CHANNEL TO EXBAND HIS REACH TO GRAB SOMETHHING. THE CHANNEL WAS WET & MUDDLY CAUSING HIM TO SLIP THUS TWISTING HIS WRIST.

March 1, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HOE TO DRAG SOME MATERIAL OUT FROM BEHIND SOME PIPES AT CRUSHER #3. HE STATED HE HAD HIS FEET AT ODD ANGLES THEN TWISTED.

1994 · 2 incidents

1992 · 1 incident

September 24, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WELDING A PIECE OF 4" PIPE ON PIPE STANDS WENT TO TURN OVER WELDING LEAD CAUGHT PIPE STAND TIPPING IT OVER CAUSING PIPE TO HIT TOP OF FOOT.

1991 · 2 incidents

September 11, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING RUBBER SKIRTING 1/2"X4" AT BOTTOM OF FEED BOX WHILE LYING ON BACK-FELT SOMETHING PULL.

August 7, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING ON WALKWAY FOR LARGE ROCK OUT OF FEEDER. BAR SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE MID LOWER RIGHT LEG.

1990 · 3 incidents

December 5, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR CRUSHER CAVITY BY ON-SCREWING ADJUSTMENT RING USING CRUSHER ADJUSTING HYDRAULICS, COME-ALONG AND CABLE ATTACHED TO ADJUSTING RING AND TO BASKET OF 988 LOADER. LOADER HAD TE NSION ON CABLE PIN GOING THROUGH CLEVIS HOLDING CABLE TO BUCKET PULLED OUT RELEASING CABLE WHICH STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN HIP AND SHOULDERS. EMPLOYEE WAS APPROX. 30-40' AWAY.

April 16, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO CLEAN MATERIAL OUT OF FEED HOPPER. ON ONE THRUST HE CAUGHT AND WEDGED HIS FINGER AGAINST SIDE OF FEED HOPPER.

April 5, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL PULLING SCREEN CLOTH WITH HAY HOOK UP TO SCREEN DECK ,FELT SOMETHING PULLING HIS BACK.WEIGHED 20 LBS.

1989 · 2 incidents

August 14, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING SCREEN CLOTH ON SHAKER. DROPPED SCREEN. IT FELL HITTING CALF MUSCLE AND PUSHED IT AGAINST SPRAY BAR, BRUISING CALF MUSCLE.

August 8, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Livingston Graham/Blue Diamond Materials · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF WALKWAY. SLIPPED ON ROCK FELL AND BUMPED LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SORE KNEE THE FOLLOWING DAY. REPORTED ACCIDENT. SENT TO MEDICAL CLINIC FOR PRECAUTIONARY X- RAY WHICH WAS NEGATIVE. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK, NO FUTHER COMPLICATIONS.

1988 · 1 incident

January 16, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Diamond Materials · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE DRIVING EULID HAUL TRUCK, PIT AREA HAD LARGE POT HOLES AND THE RIDE WAS VERY ROUGH & BUMPY WHICH RESULTED IN INJURY TO MID BACK.

1985 · 2 incidents

October 21, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Diamond Materials · Fall from machine

SEE ATTACHED-US3NG TRUCK-2 AXLE-DUMPING SAND.WHILE BACKING UP SLIGHT INCLINE,UNKNOWN TO EMPL REAR AXLE TIRE WAS FLAT.EMPL RAISED BED TO DUMP LOAD THE REMAINING PART WAS IN TAILGATE AND IT CAUS ED TRUCK TO TIL7 AND TURN OVER ONTO PASSENGERS SIDE.EMPL CLIMBING OUT OF CAB JUMPED OUT OF DRIVERS SIDE AND SUSTAINED MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS TO LOW BACK LEFT LEG AND HIP.

August 6, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Diamond Materials · Fall from machine

SEE ATTACHED-US3NG BOOM TRUCK TO MOVE BELTS FOR PLANT REPAIR.STEPPING OFF BOOM TRUCK RIGHT FOOT MISSED STEP SLIPPED AND TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM FALLING TO THE GROUND HE PLACED ALL WEIGHT ON LE FT KNEE. 3