Mining Incidents

Stewart Lithia Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Millennium Inc · Underground
Controlled by Blue J F Sheppard
San Diego County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404486

MSHA record for Stewart Lithia Mine (mine ID 0404486). 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
1989–1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
Ownership history
  1. Pala Gems Mines 1980 to 1985
  2. Gems Of Pala Inc 1985 to 1991
  3. Millennium Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Stewart Lithia Mine sits in San Diego 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.
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

2 on file

1992 · 1 incident

June 21, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Millennium Inc · Accident type, without injuries

TRAILER AT SURFACE WAS BURNED AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE VANDALISM BY ARSON SQUAD. POSS RELATED TO HOSTILE PREV. EMPLS & ASSOC.

1989 · 1 incident

August 3, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gems Of Pala Inc · Struck by falling object

REMOVING TRANSMISSION. DROPPED ON FINGER CUT FINGER REQUIRING STICHES.