EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A PIECE OF UNSECURED FLOOR GRATING WHEN GRATING VIBRATED LOOSE. EMPLOYEE FELL TO BELOW, WITH GRATING, FALLING 61 FEET TO HIS DEATH.
California Portland Cement Company operator
Controlled by
Calmat Company
MSHA operator ID: L07769
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 16 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 44 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 87 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 37 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 33 non-fatal
- OTHER 13 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1990
29 (1f)
1989
49
1988
77 (2f)
1987
33
1986
36
1985
29
1984
13
Mines on record
- Mojave Plant & Quarry CA
- Colton Plant & Quarry CA
- Baxter Mine CA
- Liston CA
- Mojave Quarry CA
- Colton Quarry CA
Fatalities under this operator
3 recorded
August 7, 1990
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
California Portland Cement Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
September 1, 1988
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
California Portland Cement Company · Struck against a moving object
TWO QUARRY TRUCKS COLLIDED NEARLY HEAD-ON WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HAUL ROAD
September 1, 1988
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
California Portland Cement Company · Struck against a moving object
TWO QUARRY ROCK TRUCKS COLLIDED NEARLY HEAD ON WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HAUL ROAD
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