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Woodland Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Yolo County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404244

MSHA record for Woodland Pit (mine ID 0404244). 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
1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. Granite Construction Company 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Woodland Pit sits in Yolo 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.
Yolo County, California · Population 217,782
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$88,818
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

1990 · 1 incident

May 16, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORK CREW HAD REPLACED ROCK CRUSHER HEAD. THE HEAD WAS RESTRAINED FROM ROTATING BY A CHAIN WHICH WAS TEMPORARILY WELDED TO THE CRUSHER FRAME. THE CHAIN WELD BROKE WHEN THE CRUSHER MOTOR WAS ST ARTED. EMPLOYEE WAS STILL ON THE DECK AND WAS STRUCK ACROSS THE FRONT OF HIS LEGS BY LOOSE CHAIN.