Mining Incidents

Woodward Sand Company Incorporated: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John Woodward
San Diego County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0402003

MSHA record for Woodward Sand Company Incorporated (mine ID 0402003). 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
1991
Latest incident
Feb 1991
Ownership history
  1. Woodward Sand Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Woodward Sand Company Incorporated 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

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

February 16, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Woodward Sand Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A LOADER, HE WAS TURNING TO CORRECT PROBLEM. LOADER OVERTURNED AND WENT INTO A LAKE, EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.