STEPPED UP ON STABILIZER BAR TO GET ONTO DRAGLINE. SLIPPED OFF, HURT LOWER BACK. PAIN DOWN LEFT LEG.
TURLOCK ROCK: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Turlock Rock Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Blaker Jess
Merced County,
CA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401991
MSHA record for TURLOCK ROCK (mine ID 0401991). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1989–1993
- Latest incident
- Sep 1993
Ownership history
- Turlock Rock Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
TURLOCK ROCK sits in Merced County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.Merced County, California · Population 285,597
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$65,044
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file1993 · 1 incident
September 20, 1993
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Turlock Rock Company Inc · Fall from machine
1990 · 1 incident
September 7, 1990
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Turlock Rock Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
CLEANING DISPOSAL POND WET DIRT STRUCKIN BUCKET & TIPPED MACHINE. DIRT WAS RELEASED & MACHINE WHIPPED BACK UP.
1989 · 2 incidents
April 6, 1989
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Turlock Rock Company Inc · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS WAHING MACHINE ENGINE AREA HAD WET SHOES AND SLIPPED OFF COUNTERWEIGHT AND FELL OFF THE CRANE ONTO HIS BACK.
February 6, 1989
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Turlock Rock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ARM GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN DUMP BOXES OF TRUCK. ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT JOB SITE FOR CITY OF MODETRO WHERE MATERIAL WAS BEING DELIVERED.