Mining Incidents

Soboba Pit: 10 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Boral Resources Inc · Surface
Controlled by Boral Limited
Riverside County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404690

MSHA record for Soboba Pit (mine ID 0404690). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1986–1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
Ownership history
  1. North Mountain Materials 1984 to 1986
  2. Fontana Paving Inc 1986 to 1988
  3. Boral Resources Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Soboba Pit sits in Riverside 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.
Riverside County, California · Population 2,449,909
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$89,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1990 · 4 incidents

August 24, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Boral Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING DOZER ON HILLSIDE IN PIT AREA. DOZER RAN OVER LARGE ROCKS RESULTING IN A SHARP JOLT.

July 31, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Boral Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

BAD SEAT ON DOZER.

July 27, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ATTEMPTING TO M0VE OIL DRUM STRAINING BACK.

January 29, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE TURNED HIS HEAD AROUND TO BACK UP LOADER WHEN DUST BLEW INTO CAB FROM OPENED REAR WINDOW.

1989 · 2 incidents

October 6, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL COCKED HIS HEAD TO LEFT TO LOOK UNDERNEATH JAW CRUSHER WHEN ROCK FELL FROM CRUSHER.EMPL WAS WEARING HARDHAT.

August 31, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boral Resources Inc · Fall onto or against objects

LOST HIS FOTTING WHILE ON TOP OF THE CONE CRUSHER CHANGING V-BELT.

1987 · 2 incidents

July 30, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fontana Paving Inc · Fall from machine

OVERSIZE ROCK W5S STUCK IN JAW CRUSHER AND EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE SMALLER ROCKS FROM TOP OF CRUSHER TO GET TO OVERSIZE ROCK ARM CAUGHT ON SIDE OF CRUSHER CAUSING EMPLOYEE AND ROCK TO FALL R ESULTING IN CUT8 AND LACERATIONS REQUIRING 5 TO 6 SUTURES

February 23, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer ELECTRICAL
Fontana Paving Inc · Contact with electrical current

WAS SHUTTING PO4ER OFF TO JAW CRUSHER

1986 · 2 incidents

October 24, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Fontana Paving Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS GOIN1 TO OBSERVE CONDITION OF MANTEL INSIDE HOPPER PLATE & WHEN HE GRABBED FOR THE HAND-RAIL TO PULL HIMSELF UP HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN T HE RAIL & THE BOUNCING PLATE

June 12, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
North Mountain Materials · Struck against stationary object

SHOVELING AROUN8 PLANT AND WALKED INTO METAL FRAMING ON CONE CRUSHER.