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Perkins Pit And Mill: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Sacramento County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401780

MSHA record for Perkins Pit And Mill (mine ID 0401780). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Jan 1988
Ownership history
  1. Granite Construction Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Perkins Pit And Mill sits in Sacramento 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.
Sacramento County, California · Population 1,584,047
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$88,724
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1988 · 1 incident

January 19, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Granite Construction Company · Struck by falling object

WORKERS RT.RING3FINGER & PINKY WERFE INJURED WHEN A CHAIN WAS SNAPPED FROM T HE GRASP OF THE WORKER THE DRIVEE CHAIN HAD FALLEN OFF THE MOTOR SPROCKET I.NAME WAS GOING TO POUT IT BACK ON HIS S HUT DOWN THE MO7OR HE GRASPED THE CHAIN & THE FREE END SNAKED THROUGH SOME FRAME SNAGFGED BY A MOVING TAILPULLEY SOME 31/2FT BELOW

1987 · 1 incident

October 17, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING WITHOUT BENEFIT OF A WORK FPLATFORM ABOVE THE GROUND APPROX. 8-FOOT THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT HAVE A SAFETY BELT ON. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL WHEN A NUT HE LOST HIS BALANC E AND FELL WHEN3A NUT HE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN BROKE. HE FRACTURED HIS WRIST WHEN HE FELL.

1986 · 1 incident

March 17, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE UNROLL9D A 1 1/2" FIRE HOSE BY TOSSING THE COILED HOSE OUT IN FRONT OF HIM. WHEN THE HOSE ROLLED THE COUPLER CAUGHT HIS RING FINGER AND TWISTED IT.

1985 · 2 incidents

August 31, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

TIGHT NUT ON CR6SHER SHOULD HAVE BEEN FREED BY MECHANICAL MEANS RATHER THAN HUMAN POWER

April 1, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

IMPROPER LIFTIN1 BY EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE HELP FROM OTHER WORKERS OR USED MECHANMICAL ASSISTANCE

1984 · 1 incident

May 29, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL HAD PICKED UP LARGE DIRT CLOD AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT BACK INTO ROCK CRUSHER WHEN HEAVY CLOD FELL ON EMPL RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.CONTACT CAUSED FRACTURE OF DISTAL PHALANX.