Mining Incidents

San Juan Ridge: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Placer Service Corp · Surface
Controlled by Fluor Corp
Nevada County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404417

MSHA record for San Juan Ridge (mine ID 0404417). 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
1983
Latest incident
Oct 1983
Ownership history
  1. Placer Service Corp 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

San Juan Ridge sits in Nevada County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Nevada County, California · Population 102,452
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$84,905
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

1983 · 1 incident

October 19, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Placer Service Corp · Fall down stairs

EE STEPPED ONTO THE STAIRWAY WHICH GAVE WAY & HE & THE STAIRWAY FELL 3 1/2\ TO THE GROUND. THE EE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN HE LANDED.