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Pala Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Weir James F
San Diego County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404841

MSHA record for Pala Plant (mine ID 0404841). 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
1990
Latest incident
Feb 1990
Ownership history
  1. J W Sand & Materials Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pala Plant 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

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

February 16, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J W Sand & Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CERVICAL STRAIN PINCHED NERVE IN SHOULDER. LIFTING A CUTTING EDGE BLADE FOR INSTALLATION ON WHEEL LOADER. EMPLOYEE WORKED WITH CONDITION UNTIL MARCH 23, 1990. HAD HAD DOCTORS EXCUSE SINCE THEN . POSSIBLE SURGERY TO REPAIR DISC MAY DE NEEDED.