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RANDSBURG PLACER MINE: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Southwest Contractors · Surface
kern, Kern County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405227

MSHA record for RANDSBURG PLACER MINE (mine ID 0405227). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994–1995
Latest incident
Jan 1995
Ownership history
  1. Consolidated Placer Dredging Company 1993 to 1997
  2. Southwest Contractors 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

RANDSBURG PLACER MINE sits in Kern County, California, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Kern County, California · Population 910,433
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,660
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1995 · 1 incident

January 18, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidated Placer Dredging Company · Struck by falling object

SUBJECT USED HAND TO FREE ROCK STUCK IN CHUTE INSTEAD OF BAR RIGHT IN PLACE & WAS HIT ON THE HAND BY ANOTHER ROCK COMING DOWN THE CHUTE BREAKINGLITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

1994 · 1 incident

June 21, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidated Placer Dredging Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHIFT APPRENTICE WHILE OPERATING HAND WINCH USED TO POSITION DREDGE ALLOWED HANDLE TO SLIP FROM HAND WHILE HOLDING WINCH DOG AWAY FROM RATCHET ALLOWING CRANK HANDLE TO FREE TURN STRIKING LOWER SHIN AREA OF LEFT LEG