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Pacifica Quarry: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Quarry Products Inc · Surface
Controlled by Mary Bottoms
San Mateo County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0400362

Pacifica Quarry has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Aug 1985
Ownership history
  1. Quarry Products Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1987 0
1986 9
1985 10
1984 14
1983 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Pacifica Quarry sits in San Mateo County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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 Mateo County, California · Population 745,100
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$156,000
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1985 · 1 incident

August 7, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quarry Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

SLIPPED ON A ROCK WHILE WALKING TO PLANT. RECEIVED CUTS ON LIP AND FOREHEAD FROM SHARP ROCK.

1984 · 2 incidents

April 16, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quarry Products Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING CONVEYOR BELTING ON PLANT WITH FELLOW EMPLOYEE AS HE WASPULING THE BELTING TO TIGHTEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND ON RIGHT SHOULDER

April 10, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Quarry Products Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WS HOLDING HANDRAIL ON CONVEYOR WHILE FELLOW EMPLOYEE WELDED IT EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING WELDING ARC AND RECEIVED FLASH BURN TO EYES

1983 · 2 incidents

April 21, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quarry Products Inc · Fall on save level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON CRANE.STEPPED OFF CRANE,SLIPPED IN GREASE ON FLOOR OF CRANE AND FELL.

February 24, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quarry Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON CONVEYOR TO DO REPAIR WORK AND SLIPPED HIT LEFT KNEE ON CONVEYOR