Mining Incidents

SHELL CANYON OCOTILLO PIT: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

PYRAMID CONSTRUCTION AND AGGREGATES, INC. · Surface
Controlled by Daryl Dickerson
Ocotillo, Imperial County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405070

MSHA record for SHELL CANYON OCOTILLO PIT (mine ID 0405070). 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
1990–1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
1
inspections on record
13
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 13 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Masters Const-Div/Farmers Land Leveling Inc 1990 to 2022
  2. Pyramid Construction and Aggregates, Inc. 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SHELL CANYON OCOTILLO PIT sits in Imperial County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Imperial County, California · Population 179,319
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$56,393
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q3 322 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,455 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,524 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1992 · 1 incident

June 12, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Masters Const-Div/Farmers Land Leveling Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR BECAUSE OF ROCK WAS STUCK IN THE DOOR.UPON WINDING THE WENCH A ROCK MUST HAVE RELEASED THE LOCK AND THE HANDLE HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT PART OF TH E FACE.

1990 · 1 incident

September 4, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Masters Const-Div/Farmers Land Leveling Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DIDN'T HAVE SAFETY GLASSES LIKE SUPPOSE TO, AND WHEN LOADING TRUCKS GOT GRAVEL IN EYE.