Mining Incidents

Retort & Gold Circuit: 20 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Yuba County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404361

MSHA record for Retort & Gold Circuit (mine ID 0404361). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Yuba River Ores 1979 to 1983
  2. Yuba Natural Resources Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Retort & Gold Circuit 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

20 on file

1988 · 1 incident

June 9, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Fall down stairs

HE WAS WALKING DOWN-STAIRS & WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE LAST STEP, HE TWISTED HIS FOOT.

1985 · 2 incidents

May 2, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SORTING LARGE ROCKS STARTED HAVING SHARP PAINS BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES AND NECK

1984 · 9 incidents

November 30, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

SORTING ROCKS AND JAMMED FINGER AGAINST ROCKS.

November 28, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BARRELS OF ROCKS CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN.

March 24, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON GEAR BOX WITH WRENCH HE NOTED PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN HIS HAND

February 24, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE USING THE GRINDER AT THE PLANT SOMETHING GOT IN HIS EYE UNDER SAFETY GLASSES.

February 17, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PART INSIDE DRUM AT PLANT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN PART AND DRUM.

February 17, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LEFT ARM STARTED TO HURT WHILE SORTING ROCKS.

February 7, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Contact with cold

BREATHING ROCK DUST IN COLD AR, HIS CHEST STARTED HURTING AND HAD TROUBLE BREATHING.

January 17, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OFF BELT ON TO LEFT FOOT.

1983 · 8 incidents

December 2, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SCREEN AT PLANT,BELT STARTED AND EMPL WAS THROWN ON BACK.

November 10, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CHANGING SCREEN IN SHAKER BY PULLING ON IT.FELT POP IN MIDBACK.NEXT DAY WAS HAVI G DIFFICULTY BREATHING.

November 4, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Struck by flying object

USING TORCH GOT SOMETHING IN EYTE.

October 20, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

RUNNING LOADER AND BACK AND NECK WERE HURTING FROM MOVEMENT.

October 6, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYES.

August 29, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Fall from machine

INDIVIDUAL GETTING OFF BACKHOE,FELL FORWARD AND HIT LEFT KNEE ON BACKHOE.

July 7, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Struck by flying object

BREAKING ROCKS WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND PIECE OF ROCK HIT HIM IN THROAT.