Sorrento Ready Mix Inc · Flash burns (electric)
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING ELECTRICAL BOX FUSES, WHICH ARKED ACROSS STARTER TERMINAL WHEN THE SWITCH WAS THROWN, RESULTING IN FLASH BURN IN BOTH EYES.
Sorrento Pit: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Sorrento Ready Mix Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Henry F Hunte
San Diego County,
CA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401952
MSHA record for Sorrento Pit (mine ID 0401952). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1983–1991
- Latest incident
- Jan 1991
Ownership history
- Sorrento Sand Company Inc 1950 to 1985
- Sorrento Ready Mix Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Sorrento Pit sits in San Diego County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.San Diego County, California · Population 3,282,782
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$102,285
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file1991 · 1 incident
1989 · 4 incidents
August 24, 1989
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Sorrento Ready Mix Inc · Struck against a moving object
RIPPED UP SAND AND SMALL LAYER OF ROCK BACKED UP OVER ROCK.FELL BACK WHEN TURNED AROUND AND JARRED NECK SLIGHTLY.
August 23, 1989
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sorrento Ready Mix Inc · Struck against stationary object
OPERATING THE LOADER AND FEEDING MATERIAL TO THE GRIZZLEY. DRIVER WAS SCREWING A LID TO A GATORADE BOTTLE BACK ON WHEN THE BOTTLE SHATTERED AND CUT HIS KNUCKLE ON THE RIGHT HAND.
August 4, 1989
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Sorrento Ready Mix Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF POWER SCREEN WITH SHOVEL IN LEFT HAND AND THE RIGHT HAND WAS CLEANING OUT BELT AND ROLLERS WHILE POWER SCREEN WAS STILL RUNNING. THE ROLLERS PULLED T HE RIGHT HAND IN AND POSSIBLY BROKE TWO FINGERS AND POSSIBLY THE RIGHT HAND.
February 3, 1989
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sorrento Ready Mix Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REMOVING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER BUCKET, CUT FINGER REQUIRING TWO STICHES.
1985 · 1 incident
January 28, 1985
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sorrento Sand Company Inc · Fall from machine
EMP PARKED SKIP LOADER AND SLIPPED WHILE GETTING OFF AND FELL
1983 · 3 incidents
August 31, 1983
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sorrento Sand Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMP WAS CHANGING A TIRE FOR A T RUCK HE HAD ALREADY REMOVED THE TIRE RIM COMBINATION FROM THE T RUCK AND HAD REMOVED THE TIRE FROM THE RIM HE WAS MOVING THE RIM WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP AND THE RIM FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT CRUSHING HIS BIG TOE
Sorrento Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS CONSTRUCTING A HANGER FOR A STACKER BELT HE WAS USING A FORKLIFT TO MOVE A 600LB STEEL I BEAM USED AS A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL ON THE HANGER HE WAS ADJUSTING THE CARRYING POSITION OF THE I BEAM ON THE FORKLIFT FORKS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED THE I BEAM MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY PINNING AND CUTTING HIS FINGER AGAINST THE FORK LIFT FORK
January 6, 1983
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sorrento Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP WEIGHT ARMS ON BATCH PLANT SCALES. HE WAS USING A COME-ALONG AND LENGTH OF CHAIN TO ALIGN THE WEIGHT ARMS. THE COME-ALONG AND CHAIN WERE FULLYU TENSIONED WHEN TWO BARS OF THE SCALE MECHANISM WENT OVER CENTER, SHEARING THE EMPLOYEE LEFT HAND RING FINGER OFF JUST FORWARD OF THE FIRST JOINT.