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Standard Hill: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jeff E Fegert
Kern County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404879

Standard Hill has had no fatalities among 6 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Target Construction Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 13
1988 24
1987 28
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Standard Hill 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

6 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

February 4, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Target Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

BACKING UP LOADER AND HIT BUMP TWISTED HIS BACK.

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1988 · 3 incidents

August 4, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Target Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A 20 POUND TUBE OF PACKAGED EXPLOSIVE FROM A DRILL HOLE, WHEN HE INCURRED A CERVICAL STRAIN.

January 11, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Target Construction Company · Rubbed or abraded

THE WIND WAS BL2WING REAL HARD. THERE WAS ALOT OF DUST IN THE AIR. HE WERE SETTING UP A LIGHT PLANT FOR HIR CREW. WHEN THE LOADERS OPERATOR WAS PUTTING A BUCKET OF MATERIAL IN A TRUCK, THE WIN D CAUGHT IT AND3BLEW IT IN HIS FACE. IT WAS HIS OWN FAULT FOR NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, AND RUBBING HIS EYES.

1987 · 1 incident

July 23, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Target Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF STEE5 FROM GRINDING WHEEL GOT IN EYE.