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VISTA SAND WASHING PLANT: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
San Diego County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404334

MSHA record for VISTA SAND WASHING PLANT (mine ID 0404334). 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
1990–1991
Latest incident
Feb 1991
Ownership history
  1. Superior Ready Mix Concrete L P 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

VISTA SAND WASHING PLANT 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

1991 · 1 incident

February 15, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Ready Mix Concrete L P · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS USING THE HANDLE OF A SHOVEL IN AN ATTEMPT TO UNJAM A ROLLER ON A CONVEYOR BELT HAULING AGGREGATES. THE SHOVEL HANDLE WAS CAUGHT IN THE ROLLER, CAUSING THE METAL PART OF THE SH OVEL TO CUT HIS HAND, HIT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND KNOCK HIM TO THE GROUND.

1990 · 1 incident

December 28, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Ready Mix Concrete L P · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

FATALITY TO I.NAME 14 YR OLD BOY BROUGHT TO PREMISES BY I.NAME...CLIMBED ONTO SAND PILE,BECOMEING ENTRAPPED IN SAND WHICH FEEDS CONTINUOUSLY ONTO A CONVEYOR BELT IN TUNNEL BENEATH SAND PILE.I. NAME WITHOUT AIR FOR PERIOD OF TIME AND BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL,DIED 1-5-91.BOY HAD BEEN WARNED TO STAY AWAY FROM SAND PILE AND SAND WASHING EQUIP.