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Whitewater: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Riverside County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404759

MSHA record for Whitewater (mine ID 0404759). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Ownership history
  1. Massey Sand & Rock Company 1985 to 1986
  2. Tarmac California Inc 1986 to 1992
  3. Granite Construction Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Whitewater sits in Riverside 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.
Riverside County, California · Population 2,449,909
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$89,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

December 6, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tarmac California Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS REPAIRING 51 INCH CONE CRUSHER AND A PLATE POPPED OPEN AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BELT AND PLATE-HE BROKE HIS HAND.