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La Posta Sand Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
San Diego County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404947

La Posta Sand Plant has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Jan 1991
Ownership history
  1. Superior Ready Mix Concrete L P 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1992 3
1991 3
1990 4
1989 4
1988 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

La Posta Sand Plant sits in San Diego County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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 Diego County, California · Population 3,282,782
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$102,285
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

1991 · 1 incident

January 14, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Ready Mix Concrete L P · Struck by flying object

THE INJURED WAS DRIVING A LOADER. THE CABLE FROM THE SHIFTER GOT TANGLED IN THE DRIVE LINE. THE SHIFTER ROD WENT UP AND HIT THE WINDSHIELD, BREAKING THE GLASS AND CAUSING THE GLASS PARTICLE TO ENTER THE INJURED'S EYE.