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Murray Canyon Plant Or Murray Canyon: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Henry F Hunte
San Diego County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401791

Murray Canyon Plant Or Murray Canyon has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Dec 1983
Ownership history
  1. H G Fenton Material Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 1
1984 7
1983 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Murray Canyon Plant Or Murray Canyon 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

3 on file

1983 · 3 incidents

December 12, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
H G Fenton Material Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT AND A LRGE ROCK (APPROX 10 TO 15 POUNDS) FELL OFF STRIKING THE SIDE OF HIS HARDHAT FACE SHOULDER AND HAND

December 7, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H G Fenton Material Company · Fall down stairs

WALKING UP STAIRS IN ROCK PLANT AND MISSED STEOP//////STEP AND STEPPED DOWN HARD FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

April 4, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
H G Fenton Material Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHECKING THE BEARING TEMPERATURE WHILE THE SCREEN HEAD WAS OSCILLATING & IT PINCHED THE TOP OF HIS LEFT THUMB.