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Willits Pit & Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Shuster Charles
Mendocino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0402001

MSHA record for Willits Pit & Mill (mine ID 0402001). 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
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Willits Ready Mix 1984 to 1988
  2. Shuster'S Willits Ready Mix Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Willits Pit & Mill sits in Mendocino County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Mendocino County, California · Population 90,709
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,688
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

August 26, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Shuster'S Willits Ready Mix Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DUE TO SHOCK OF INJURY,EMPL UNABLE TO CLEARLY RECALL EVENTS OF ACCIDENT.UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AND LACK OF INFORMATION WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF ACCIDENT.