Mining Incidents

Mt View: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
Santa Clara County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0403351

MSHA record for Mt View (mine ID 0403351). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1987–1993
Latest incident
Jan 1993
Ownership history
  1. Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company 1978 to 1988
  2. Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mt View sits in Santa Clara 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.
Santa Clara County, California · Population 1,903,297
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$159,674
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1993 · 1 incident

January 18, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A PIECE OF METAL FROM A CRUSHER WITH A PRY BAR-WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

1992 · 2 incidents

September 30, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMTPING TO MOVE A STEEL PIPE TO WELD IT INTO PLACE. THE PIPE SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST.

August 1, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer ENTRAPMENT
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. WAS CLEARING OUT HOPPER WHILE STANDINE ON TOP OF BRIDSED OVER MATERIAL. EMP. WAS NOT WEARING FALL HARNESS AS PROVIDED. MATERIAL CAVED IN AND EMP. WAS BURIED TO WRIST FOR 5 MINUTES. OTHER EMPLOYEES DUE HIM OUT. TOTAL TIME INSTAPPED WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 20 MIN.

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 1 incident

October 18, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOST FOOTING WHILE UNPLUGGING CRUSHER. GRABBED BRACING WITH RIHGT ARM PULLING RIGHT SHOULDER AND UPPER BACK TO PREVENT FALLING ON CATWALK.

1988 · 1 incident

January 19, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE MOVING MU8 PUMP, EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO LIFT THE PUMP AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

1987 · 1 incident

December 8, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WASNT 8URE OF DATE OR IF HE WAS LIFTING SAMPLES OR SCREEN TRAYS WHEN HE FELT A SLIGHT PAIN IN LOWER BACK HE DIDNT REPORT THIS AT TIME BECAUSE IT DIDNT HURT THAT MUCH A WEEK LATER THE PAIN WAS HURTI3G HIM SO WE SENT HIM TO CLINIC FOR THERAPY