Mining Incidents

Venture Ii Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Venture Ii Ltd · Surface
Shasta County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404585

MSHA record for Venture Ii Mine (mine ID 0404585). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Jun 1986
Ownership history
  1. Venture Ii Ltd 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Venture Ii Mine sits in Shasta County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Shasta County, California · Population 181,554
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,931
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

February 15, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Venture Ii Ltd · Struck by flying object

WIND STARTED TO3BLOW AND BLEW DUST IN HIS EYES. SCRATCHED RETINA OF THE RIGHT EYE.

1985 · 1 incident

April 2, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Venture Ii Ltd · Struck by falling object

I.NAME CUTTING WELDING AND GRINDING UNDERNEATH A TRAILER.HE REMVOED WELDING HELMET TO CHANGE TO THE GRINDING SHIELD.SHIELD HAD DUST IN IT AND HE SHOOK IT TO CLEAN IT OUT.SOME DIRT DIDNT COME O UT AND HE DIDNT NOTICE ANYTHING UNTIL HE HAD PUT IT ON AND SOME OF IT FELL BETWEEN HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND HIS EYE.