Mining Incidents

Pearce Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lowry Daniel H
San Benito County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404736

MSHA record for Pearce Quarry (mine ID 0404736). 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
1985
Latest incident
Oct 1985
Ownership history
  1. Grade-Way Construction 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pearce Quarry sits in San Benito 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 Benito County, California · Population 66,056
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$108,289
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

1985 · 1 incident

October 10, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller MACHINERY
Grade-Way Construction · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL PICKING DRILL STEEL THE CENTRALIZER CLOSED ON HIS LEFT THUMB.THUMB WAS INJURED WHEN HE PULLED IT OUT.DAMAGE TO THUMB LIMITED TO FLESHY PORTION.