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James Road Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Kern County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401751

James Road Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Granite Construction Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 4
1988 4
1987 6
1986 6
1985 9
1984 11
1983 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

James Road 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

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

August 22, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SHOVELING UNDER CONVEYOR, SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT IN BELT AND INJURED EMPLOYEES HAND. INJURY IS A CONTUSION/ABRASION TO THE RIGHT LITTLE FINGETIP.