Mining Incidents

Ventura River Pit & Mill: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
Ventura County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401957

MSHA record for Ventura River Pit & Mill (mine ID 0401957). 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
1986–1991
Latest incident
Apr 1991
Ownership history
  1. Southern Pacific Milling Company 1950 to 1988
  2. Southern Pacific Milling Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ventura River Pit & Mill sits in Ventura County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Ventura County, California · Population 838,259
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$107,327
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

1991 · 1 incident

April 27, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NOT A NEW ACCIDENT-AGGRAVATION OF PREVIOUS INJURY. DOCTOR PUT EMPLOYEE OFF WORK FOR ONE DAY.

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 1 incident

February 16, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS NEXT TO #2 CONVEYOR WASHING OUT CONVEYOR AND A ROCK FELL FORM TOP DECK AND HIT HER ON THE L SHOULDER

1988 · 1 incident

January 25, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING CLEAN UP WORK AROUND PLANT AND SCALE HOUSE AREA.EMPLOYEE PICKED UP SOME BOARDS THAT HAD BROKEN OFF OF TRUCK SCALE AND STRAINED BACK.

1986 · 1 incident

June 2, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING UP THE STAIRS TO THE JAW CRUSHER WITH TOOLS AND SUPPLIES IN HIS HANDS AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.