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San Benito Sand Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Peter J Lemon
San Benito County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404270

MSHA record for San Benito Sand Plant (mine ID 0404270). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Jul 1991
Ownership history
  1. Granite Rock Company 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

San Benito Sand Plant sits in San Benito 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.
San Benito County, California · Population 66,056
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$108,289
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

July 22, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Rock Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF A GRATING TRYING TO CLEAN IT., HIS FOOT FELL INTO THE GRATING CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE WAS USING A LARGE PIECE OF WOOD TO CLEAN THE GRATING. WHEN HE FELL, THE PIECE OF WOOD PINCHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE SIDE OF THEOF THE HOPPER.