Mining Incidents

Coalinga Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Coalinga, Fresno County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0401879

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2000–2017
Latest incident
Sep 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
125
citations
22
significant & substantial
$21,518
proposed penalties
$21,420
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
2025 Q4 12,094 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 11,893 1 0 84.1
2025 Q1 9,458 2 0 211.5
2024 Q3 12,710 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 12,650 5 2 395.3
2024 Q1 8,369 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,051 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 12,948 1 0 77.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2017 · 1 incident

September 17, 2017 CA · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Granite Construction Company · Accident type, without injuries

The mine superintendent was contacted in regards to smoke on the edge of the mine property. The fire department was contacted and extinguished a brush fire. An employee called MSHA Sunday to report the fire. A response was received the following day with requests of this 7000-1. There were no miners working at the time, no injuries and the cause of the brush fire is unknown.

2015 · 1 incident

February 20, 2015 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EE1 was picking up tools from his work area on the lower east side cat walk of primary #2 screen when EE2, who was located on the upper cat walk of Primary #2, picked up a swing gate he was installing. When EE2 picked up the gate it came apart in two pieces, one piece falling down and striking EE1 in the nose. EE1 suffered from a laceration on his nose.

2013 · 1 incident

March 13, 2013 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Granite Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee was fabricating a steel chute performing cutting, welding, and grinding activities. The employee was in the chute squatting or kneeling for most of the shift except to stop for breaks. There was no one event that caused the injury, it seems to be from cumulative work throughout the day. His knee did not start to swell and become painful for a few days over the weekend.

2011 · 1 incident

May 10, 2011 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

At the end of shift on 5-10-11 EE removed glasses to wipe his face off and got dust in his eye. EE flushed his eye out before going home and felt that his eye was ok. On 5-12-11 EE woke up and his eye was red and inflamed; EE was taken to the clinic where a foreign object was removed and antibiotic drops were prescribed.

2010 · 1 incident

November 11, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While EE1 was holding the bottom of one side of the head pulley drive guard, EE2 lifted the other side, causing the guard to smash EE1's left 4th finger. Laceration to finger

2009 · 2 incidents

September 11, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was loading trucks and moving 1X4 material with the 980H loader all day. After work his fingers on his right hand started getting numb. He called his Dr. and they told him to contact his employer because they thought that it was a work related injury possibly carpultunnel.

February 19, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a 1/2 inch air hose off of a reel. The knife he was gutting it with slipped and the emoplyee cut his right index finger.

2008 · 2 incidents

September 10, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was removing polyurethane screen panels from the dewatering screen; when screen came loose, screen popped out and disloadged a rock. Dislodged rock hit and entered employee's right ear.

August 20, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was changing screens; while changing screens employee twisted and hurt lower back.

2006 · 3 incidents

November 28, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was using porta power (Jack) to spread slat conveyor; block slipped and porta power jumped up and hit EE on the upper lip, cutting upper lip.

May 11, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking around the screen catwalk and misstepped on slopped catwalk.

March 30, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was sweeping a concrete slab, when the metal handle on the broom folded. EE continued to use the broom when the damaged area on broom pinched his left pinky finger (tip) and caused a laceration that required seven stitches.

2005 · 1 incident

June 25, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Injured Worker (IW) picked up crane's outrigger pad from squatting position, stood up and took 3 steps while turning to his left when he felt a 'pop' in his low back. IW sustained a muscle strain in low back.

2003 · 1 incident

March 26, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
Granite Construction Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

INJURED WORKER (1W) WAS REPLACING CONVEYOR 26 HEADPULLEY GUARD OVER "V"-BOLTS FROM A STANDING POSITION WHEN HE NOTICED IRRITATION AND DISCOMFORT ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

2002 · 1 incident

February 25, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WORKER ATTEMPTED TO DISCONNECT AND REMOVE 2 30' SECTIONS OF 8" DIA ALLUMINUM IRRIGATION PIPING, TO ALLOW A DOZER TO PASS THROUGH AREA. ON THE SECOND SECTION OF PIPE, ONE OF THE JOINTS WERE STUCK. THE IW LIFTED THE FREE END, PLACED IT IN A HEADLOCK POSITION WITH HIS RIGHT ARM AND MOVED SIDE TO SIDE WHILE PUSHING AWAY FROM THE STUCK JOINT. SUFFERED A HERNIA.

2000 · 1 incident

October 20, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS ENTERING CHUTE BELOW #1 SCREEN OF PLANT WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE. HIS LEFT FOREARM STRUCK AGAINST THE ACCESS FRAME WHICH HAD BEEN SHARPENED BY MATERIAL.