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Placer Resources - Yuba: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Yuba County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404767

MSHA record for Placer Resources - Yuba (mine ID 0404767). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Placer Resources Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Placer Resources - Yuba sits in Yuba 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.
Yuba County, California · Population 83,079
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,313
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

July 8, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Placer Resources Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL USING 8 LB3SLEDGEHAMMER TO UNPLUG VIBRATING GRIZZLEY WHEN HAMMER HEAD STRUCK A GLANCING BLOW AND STRUCK TOP OF EMPL RIGHT BIG TOE.

July 6, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Placer Resources Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPENING 10 INCH WATER LINE VALVE, THE VALVE RESISTED OPENING WHICH CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO TURN VERY FORCEFULLY WITH BOTH HANDS AT WHICH TIME THE VALVE RESISTANCE DECREASED SUDDENLY THE V ALVE ROTATED VE9Y FAST CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE S LEFT THUMB TO BE PINCHED AGAINST PROTRUDING NUTS ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF VALVE WHEEL THUMB SPRAINED.

1986 · 1 incident

January 21, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Placer Resources Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSPECTING BEAR3NG ON 4'X8' KIOLMAN SCREEN. BOLTHEAD ON FLYWHEEL STRUCK PALM OF HAND & CAUSED LACERATION.