Mining Incidents

Sun Valley Plant Metal/Non-Metal

CalMat Co · Surface
Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401736

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
2000–2017
Latest incident
Sep 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
66
citations
11
significant & substantial
$9,729
proposed penalties
$9,496
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 12,278 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 22,039 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 22,933 1 0 43.6
2019 Q4 6,882 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,031 1 0 142.2
2019 Q2 31,686 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 29,360 1 0 34.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2017 · 1 incident

September 20, 2017 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
CalMat Co · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

On 11/7/19 Vulcan was informed by its third-party insurance administrator that an Agreed Medical Evaluator through the litigation process determined the employees alleged cumulative trauma injury to the low back to be work related.

2011 · 1 incident

January 5, 2011 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CalMat Co · Struck by flying object

On 1/5/11 employee was taken to the company clinic and was placed on restricted duty. The employee attempted to remove the right outside tooth from the bucket of a loader with a 4 lb. hammer when a metal fragment chipped off and entered the R-knee. The employee was diagnosed with a foreign body to the knee.

2010 · 1 incident

March 17, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
CalMat Co · Unclassified, insufficient data

On 11/8/2010, received notification from the workers' compensation Third Party Administrator that the employee received therapy relating to the 3/17/2010 cumulative psychological claim.

2008 · 1 incident

February 25, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CalMat Co · Fall onto or against objects

Employee slipped while coming from the top of sweeper which had a ruptured hydraulic line. The employee had hydraulic fluid on the bottom of his boot and the slip resulted in a laceration to the right shin and the employee being placed on modified duty by the company doctor on 2/25/08.

2007 · 1 incident

December 10, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CalMat Co · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Worker was sitting on beam 14 feet above ground helping another worker torque down 3/4" bolts on dump hoppers. He had torque gun with him on the beam so the other worker in scissor lift could reposition the lift. Once he had the lift repositioned he had the worker hand back the gun and that is when he fell from the beam.

2005 · 3 incidents

October 27, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CalMat Co · Struck against stationary object

The employee went to see the company doctor on 10/31/2005 and was placed on restricted duty. While tightening a connection to the C-2 electrical box, a piece of steel thread from the piping became embedded in the employee's R-palm (hand)

August 2, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CalMat Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee went to see the company doctor on 8/2/2005 and was placed on restricted duty. The employee's R-index finger was caught between the bowl frame of the hydraulic crusher while re-assembling the locking post, causing a laceration that required sutures.

February 21, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
CalMat Co · Struck against a moving object

Employee went to see doctor on 2/21/05 and stitches were applied. Employee was operating a loader and struck a berm, causing employee to strike head against light in cab of vehicle, resulting in a laceration to scalp.

2003 · 2 incidents

February 14, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CalMat Co · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WENT TO SEE CO DR ON 3-24-03 AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. EE TIED A 2" COUPLER TO THE END OF A ROPE TO THROW TO OTHER EE WITH EXTENSION CORD AND HE SPRAINED HIS R-SHOULDER.

January 21, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CalMat Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WENT TO SEE CO. DR. 1/22/03 & WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. AFTER DESCENDING LOADER, EE MADE CONTACT WITH GROUND & HIS L-KNEE POPPED OUT OFJOINT & THEN POPPED BACK IN WHICH CAUSED A SPRAI N TO THE L-KNEE (ALLEGED)

2002 · 1 incident

August 28, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
CalMat Co · Struck against a moving object

EE WENT TO SEE CO DR ON 8-30-02 AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. WHEN DRIVING FUEL TRUCK IN SOFT SAND, TRUCK BOUNCED AND EE STRAINED BACK.

2001 · 4 incidents

December 13, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CalMat Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WENT TO COMPANY DOCTOR ON 12-13-01, STITCHES WERE APPLIED AND EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNED TO FULL DUTY. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING NUT OFF USING A RATCHET AND TORQUE MULTIPLIER WRENCH WITH A CHEAT ER PIPE. CHEATERPIPE CAME OFF THE RATCHET, SPRUNG UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE NOSE.

August 6, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CalMat Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE TWO MOUNTING BOLTS ON AN ARTICULATING TRUCK'S HYDRAULIC PUMP & STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER & ARM. HE WENT TO COMPANY DOCTOR ON 8/6/01 & WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY

June 30, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CalMat Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING A THIMBLE IN THE WASH CONCRETE SAND BUNKER, THE THIMBLE WAS BIGGER THAN THE OPENING AND IT SHIFTED, PINNING EMPLOYEE'S SHIN.

May 30, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CalMat Co · Fall onto or against objects

EE WENT TO SEE THE CO DR. ON 5-30-01 AND WAS PL ACED ON MODIFIED DUTY. EE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND LOST HIS BALANCE WHICH MADE HIM PUT OUT HIS RIGHT HAND TO BREAK HIS FALL. HE JAMMED HIS R-PINKY FINGER ONTO A HANDRAIL.

2000 · 3 incidents

August 8, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CalMat Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK OUT A STEEL WEDGE; A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF WEDGE AND CAUSED LACERATIONS TO TWO MIDDLE FINGERS OF LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR 8/8/00. STITCHES WERE APPLIED.

April 28, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CalMat Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WENT TO SEE DR ON 5-1-00 AND WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY. WHILE EXITING FORKLIFT, EE STEPPED ON UNEVEN CONCRETE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

February 5, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CalMat Co · Fall from machine

EE WENT TO SEE DR. ON 2-7-00 AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY. EE SLIPPED OFF THE BACK OF A REPAIR TRUCK WHILE DISMOUNTING AND JAMMED RIGHT HAND ON THE GROUND WHILE TRYING TO BREAK HIS F ALL.