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Sheep Springs Pit And Mill: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Stephens Family Trust
Kern County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0400551

Sheep Springs Pit And Mill has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Excel Mineral Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 27
1988 39
1987 40
1986 42
1985 45
1984 47
1983 49
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Sheep Springs Pit And Mill 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

4 on file

1989 · 1 incident

July 19, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DISMANTLING A STEEL BUILDING A PIECE OF METAL HIT THE INJURED ON THE LEG THUS CUTTING IT JUST ABOVE THE LEFT KNEE.

1988 · 2 incidents

October 19, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSEMBLING THE MOTOR FOR THE #245 EXCAVATOR, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HAND CAME DOWN ON A SHARP CORNER OF THE BLOCK. HE CUT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

January 20, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING METAL LATHE METAL CURLS GOT IN WAY OF CUTTING BLADE EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY SWEPT AT METAL CURLS WITH LEFT HAND AND CUT MIDDLE AND LITTLE FINGERS

1984 · 1 incident

February 20, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

LOST FOOTING-SLIPPED AND FELL INTO ROLLERS ON #305 CONVEYOR LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLERS IN CONVEYOR