Mining Incidents

Lone Pine Pit & Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bonnefin Albert
Inyo County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0402177

MSHA record for Lone Pine Pit & Mill (mine ID 0402177). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. Lone Pine Sand & Gravel 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Lone Pine Pit & Mill sits in Inyo County, California, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Inyo County, California · Population 18,803
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$72,432
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

1983 · 1 incident

June 16, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Pine Sand & Gravel · Struck against stationary object

WAS BATCHING OUT A LOAD OF CEMENT THE CEMENT SILO STARTED OVER LOADING THE AUGER THE AUGERS SAFETY COVERS POPPED OFF AND FELL TO SIDE COMPLETELY COVERED UP BY CEMENT MAN DID NOT SEE THIS AND W ENT TO STOMP ON THE COVER TO CLEAR THE OVERLOAD