Mining Incidents

Soledad Canyon: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Los Angeles County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401746

MSHA record for Soledad Canyon (mine ID 0401746). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1985–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. Curtis Sand & Gravel 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Soledad Canyon sits in Los Angeles 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.
Los Angeles County, California · Population 9,848,406
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$87,760
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1989 · 1 incident

March 9, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Curtis Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPARING A BOLT WRENCH TWISTED & INJURED THUMB NAIL

1988 · 3 incidents

June 15, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Curtis Sand & Gravel · Struck against stationary object

SHOVELING DIRT INJ RAN HAND INTO METAL

February 16, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Curtis Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHENGETTING DOWN FROM LOADER I NAME SLIPPED ON LOADER

January 19, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
Curtis Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNDER CONV. BELT CLEANING SHOVEL SHOVEL GOT CA1GHT IN RETURN ROLLER WITH HA(DLE OF SHOVEL HITTIN

1985 · 1 incident

November 5, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Curtis Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING TO PUT 5-BELTS ON A PULLEY