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Palmdale Sand & Gravel: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Palmdale Equipment · Surface
Los Angeles County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404852

Palmdale Sand & Gravel has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Palmdale Equipment 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1987 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Palmdale Sand & Gravel sits in Los Angeles 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.
Los Angeles County, California · Population 9,848,406
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$87,760
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

1987 · 1 incident

July 6, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Palmdale Equipment · Struck by falling object

REPOSITIONING W3NG PLATE ON DOZER TRAP WHEN WELD ON HINGE PIN BROKE CAUSING COLLAPSE OF WING PLATE WALL.