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

Woodward Sand Company Incorporated has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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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.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 7
1990 12
1989 16
1988 18
1987 20
1986 47
1985 47
1983 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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.