The employee was attempting to fix a cover over the hydraulic line connection between the wheels of a radial stacker while it was still in motion. The employee's right foot got caught by the rotating tires and was pinned under a mobile stacker tire and the surface. A possible broken bone in the right ankle/lower leg.
Lost Hills Mining Metal/Non-Metal
Lost Hills Mining has $106K in proposed MSHA penalties and $303 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 26
- Years on record
- 1985–2025
- Latest incident
- Apr 2025
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Lost Hills Mining has $106K in proposed MSHA penalties and $303 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 9,571 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 9,114 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 9,471 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 8,256 | 2 | 1 | 242.2 |
| 2024 Q4 | 10,584 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 10,937 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 11,904 | 3 | 1 | 252.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 9,350 | 4 | 2 | 427.8 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 11,903 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 12,058 | 3 | 1 | 248.8 |
| 2023 Q2 | 14,183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 10,479 | 9 | 1 | 858.9 |
| 2022 Q4 | 13,043 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 11,526 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 13,455 | 3 | 0 | 223.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 9,619 | 11 | 5 | 1143.6 |
| 2021 Q4 | 14,155 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 8,121 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 8,132 | 5 | 0 | 614.9 |
| 2021 Q1 | 7,517 | 7 | 1 | 931.2 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,943 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,660 | 2 | 0 | 751.9 |
| 2020 Q2 | 12,185 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 11,722 | 4 | 2 | 341.2 |
| 2019 Q4 | 12,136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 11,806 | 1 | 0 | 84.7 |
| 2019 Q2 | 11,646 | 1 | 1 | 85.9 |
| 2019 Q1 | 9,562 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 9,142 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 9,288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 9,226 | 2 | 0 | 216.8 |
| 2018 Q1 | 8,957 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 7,150 | 4 | 4 | 559.4 |
| 2017 Q3 | 8,411 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 8,422 | 2 | 2 | 237.5 |
| 2017 Q1 | 6,611 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 8,478 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 8,795 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 8,400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 8,700 | 1 | 0 | 114.9 |
| 2015 Q4 | 10,187 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 11,182 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 11,542 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 11,631 | 2 | 2 | 172.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 11,155 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 11,387 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 10,444 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 10,285 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 11,371 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 11,098 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 11,375 | 1 | 1 | 87.9 |
| 2013 Q1 | 11,776 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 11,713 | 1 | 1 | 85.4 |
| 2012 Q3 | 12,749 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 10,618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 10,312 | 2 | 0 | 193.9 |
| 2011 Q4 | 10,619 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 11,003 | 3 | 0 | 272.7 |
| 2011 Q2 | 11,007 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 9,888 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 9,678 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 10,042 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 8,238 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 6,975 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 7,540 | 1 | 0 | 132.6 |
| 2009 Q3 | 8,528 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 7,227 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 6,897 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 7,065 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 7,884 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 7,996 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 10,111 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 10,083 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 10,430 | 1 | 0 | 95.9 |
| 2007 Q2 | 9,986 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 10,479 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 11,212 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 10,021 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 9,869 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 9,945 | 2 | 0 | 201.1 |
| 2005 Q4 | 9,525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 10,136 | 3 | 0 | 296.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 10,136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 9,656 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 9,147 | 1 | 0 | 109.3 |
| 2004 Q3 | 10,105 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 10,341 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 10,267 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 10,146 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 10,660 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 9,824 | 3 | 0 | 305.4 |
| 2003 Q1 | 9,547 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 9,004 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 9,111 | 1 | 0 | 109.8 |
| 2002 Q2 | 9,775 | 4 | 0 | 409.2 |
| 2002 Q1 | 10,352 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 9,746 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 7,527 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 8,461 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 8,763 | 1 | 0 | 114.1 |
| 2000 Q4 | 8,399 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 9,664 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 9,515 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 8,667 | 1 | 0 | 115.4 |
Reportable incidents
26 on file2025 · 1 incident
2023 · 1 incident
The miner was performing metal work on ramps. While welding overhead hot slag entered miner's boot burning the miner's foot. The employee waited approximately 2 weeks before mentioning that the foot got burned. Once management was notified of the burn employee was told to go directly to H.R and visit Doctor for evaluation.
2022 · 1 incident
Operating a wheel loader traveling east toward the scalehouse on dirt road. While traveling loader bucket contacted ground causing loader bucket to dig into dirt and loader to come to an abrupt stop. Srape marks appear to begin 150 feet before loader stopped. Operator hit face on the windshield causing bloody nose and minor lacerations on face.
2020 · 2 incidents
EE loading material, noticed fluid spraying onto windscreen. Stopped machine, did not shut engine off. Called superintendent to notify them. Liquid ignited; EE evacuated machine, ran 20 yards away. Cab was engulfed. EE reported no warning, no problem prior to incident. EE not hurt, was examined. Fire dept. on scene 5-10 min. after called. Investigation being conducted.
Employee was diagnosed with pneumonia on 5/8/20. It turned to double pneumonia on 5/9/20. On 5/10/20 EE was informed they also had valley fever. On, 5-14-20, EE decided they were going to file a workman's comp. claim against the company, saying the valley fever was contracted at the mine. There's no evidence from the dr's that the valley fever came from the minesite.
2019 · 2 incidents
Admin employee was getting ready to leave for the day, went to use the restroom and had what we believe to be a heart attack.
Employee was standing on a ladder, putting DEF fluid in a scraper and the ladder shifted causing EE to twist EE's back
2018 · 1 incident
EE was dismounting a loader, misjudged the steps and missed the last step. Injury was lower back strain NOTE: No lost time occurred until 9-6-2019 when we could no longer accommodate light duty work status
2015 · 1 incident
Employee was loading his 210 Michigan scraper when he heard a loud pop from behind causing him to turn around quickly, straining his neck
2014 · 1 incident
Employee was in the process of re-mounting a tire to the rear axle of a water truck. As he was positioning the tire with two bars underneath for leverage, he twisted his body, causing back pain.
2013 · 3 incidents
Employee was operating a scraper when he got stuck, the rig started bouncing and hit his head in the cab. He received a cut to the top of his head.
Employee was walking down the stairs of the catwalk at the mill when he stepped on a rock and twisted his right ankle
Employee was exiting the New Holland skid-steer loader when he slipped causing him to hit his heel on the bucket of the loader.
2010 · 1 incident
EE was changing engine belts on the water truck (Unit 118).He dropped a socket and turned to grab it between the bumper and tire. When he tried to grab it he said "I felt something in my back pull".
2008 · 1 incident
Employee was placing a whole saw bit in a hand drill. He had his left hand on the saw bit and pressed the start trigger, injuring his left hand.
2004 · 1 incident
Employee was shoveling dirt off of a Michigan 210H scraper stinger when he slipped. He tried to catch himself hitting his right wrist on the tire.
2003 · 1 incident
STANDING/ WORKING ON MACHINERY TURNED TO LEFT SIDE AND HIT LEFT KNEE.
2002 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A HYDRAULIC PUMP ON A MICHIGAN 210HB WHEN IT FELL INTO HIS LAP HURTING HIS BACK.
1998 · 1 incident
HE WAS GRINDING AND WELDING ON A BRACKET FOR A 210H SELF-LOADING SCRAPER. HE THOUGHT HE HAD A FLASH FROM AN ARC WELDER BUT ENDED UP HAVING A METAL SHAVING IN IT INSTEAD.
1997 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM A 10' LADDER IN THE 5TH STEP REMOVING AN AIR CLEANER ASSY. OFF OF A MICHIGAN 210 SCARAPPER WHEN HE REMOVED THE LAST BOLT THE AIR CLEANER FELL STRIKING THE LADDER TIPP ING IT OVER. HE FELL ACROSS THE LADDER LEG WITH HIS CHEST. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE AIR CLEANER. AS A RESULT HE BROKE A RIB AND CUT HIS EAR AND ELBOW BOTH NEEDING STITCHES.
1993 · 1 incident
INJURED SLIPPED ON CAT WALK WHILE REACHING FOR A GUARD TO INSTALL ON THE FEEDER. AND HURT HIS HIP AT THAT TIME.
1991 · 1 incident
HE WAS IN ONE POSITION TOO LONE WHILE PUTTING A FUEL FILTER ON A MICHIGAN 210 SELFLOADER. THIS WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 12-10-91 BUT HAPPENED ON 11-10-91.
1990 · 1 incident
THE INJURED PICKED UP A PUSHBAR TO PLACE ON125 LOADER AND TWISTED HIS BODY INJURING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
1989 · 2 incidents
EMPL WS REMOVING BATTERY HEAVY BATTERY LANDED WITH HARD JAR CAUSING LID TO POP OPEN & BATTERY ACID TO FLY INTO LEFT EYE.
THE INJURED WAS NOT ON COMPANY EQUIPMENT NOR ON COMPANY PROPERTY.HE WAS PULLING HIS OWN TRAILER WITH HIS TRASH BARRELS.HE PLACED THE COMPANY TRASH DRUMS ON THE TRAILER ALONG SIDE HIS TRASH.AS HE WAS REMOVING A BARREL,HE FELL STRIKING HIS HIS HIP ON THE TRAILER.
1985 · 1 incident
I,NAME JUMPED OFF A RIG AND HURT HIS BACK.
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