Diversified Materials · Struck by flying object
WAS CLEANING UP UNDER TAIL PULLEY OF CRUSHER WHEN ROCK FLEW OFF SCREENA ND HIT HIM IN HEAD.
Portable Plant A: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Diversified Materials
· Surface
Controlled by
David B Blomgren
Los Angeles County,
CA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404997
Portable Plant A has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1989.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1989–1990
- Latest incident
- Mar 1990
Ownership history
- Diversified Materials 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1995 | 3 |
| 1994 | 3 |
| 1992 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1989 | 4 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Portable Plant A sits in Los Angeles County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1990 · 1 incident
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1989 · 1 incident
October 18, 1989
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Diversified Materials · Struck by flying object
WAS OPERATING JAW ROCK FLE UPOUT OF JAW & HIT HIM IN LEFT LEG & RIGHT FOOT.