Mining Incidents

Banning Metal/Non-Metal

Robertson's · Surface
Banning, Riverside County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0402815

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2001–2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
96
citations
22
significant & substantial
$42,289
proposed penalties
$42,289
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 4,926 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 1 0
2024 Q4 5,778 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,650 3 0 451.1
2024 Q2 6,539 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,205 1 0 161.2
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q2 7,487 3 3 400.7
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

2024 · 1 incident

March 22, 2024 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Robertson's · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner was shoveling sand onto conveyor belt and felt pain in right shoulder and biceps.

2023 · 1 incident

April 18, 2023 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Robertson's · Struck against a moving object

Operator of a 777F haul truck drifted into haul road berm, momentum and inertia of truck carried over into an impoundment. Operator sustained minor injuries, but taken to hospital to error on the side of caution and released from hospital after observation.

2022 · 2 incidents

September 2, 2022 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Robertson's · Struck by flying object

Miner was wearing Safety glasses, but a gust of wind blew dust up under the glasses while they were walking to their service truck.

September 1, 2022 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Robertson's · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Bee hive near primary MCC, miner was walking by when a bee stung EE's left eyelid causing an allergic reaction.

2021 · 2 incidents

December 28, 2021 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Robertson's · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Come-along hook struck miner in the upper lip.

April 14, 2021 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Robertson's · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was in a boom lift with another miner who was operating it, miner was holding on the outside railing with right hand when the lift basket bumped into the the crusher they were working on and pinched right thumb.

2020 · 1 incident

December 10, 2020 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Robertson's · Struck by flying object

Miner claims to have been struck by a rock that jumped from a guarded shaker deck causing a laceration to left index finger and sprained wrist.

2015 · 2 incidents

December 14, 2015 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Robertson's · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was installing a new roller finger was pinched between roller frame and conveyor frame. Miner received closed displaced fracture of left little finger.

August 11, 2015 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Robertson's · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was leaving mine office stepped down wrong and sprained his ankle

2013 · 1 incident

September 12, 2013 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Robertson's · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a porta-power to spread the arms on a 966F loader to replace the bucket attachment. After releasing the pressure, the porta-power became wedged beween the dog bone and the lift arms. Employee used a sledge hammer to try and dislodge the porta-power. Upon striking the porta-power, it dislodged, traveled upward and struck him in the chest

2010 · 1 incident

March 16, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Robertson's · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While driving on the 60 freeway west in Riverside Cty a Robertson's Transport truck driver began to feel chest pains and continued to drive to a familiar location to seek aid. The driver pulled into the Banning quarry and requested medical attention. 911 was called and the driver was transported to an area hospital.

2006 · 3 incidents

October 24, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Robertson's · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Loader rolled down an embankment about 40' several minutes after the operator set the hydraulic brakes, the loader had the forklift assembly attached and it pinned the employee between the forks and the guard assembly surrounding the primary incline belt gravity take-up, EE sustained cuts to his right middle finger and right leg with a possible broken left ankle.

April 5, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management ELECTRICAL
Robertson's · Contact with hot objects or substances

Inj employee was working with an electrician they were having trouble shutting the power off a particular electrical service, so inj ee continued to try and disconnect the power and in that process there was an arch of electricity that caught ee's left arm and jacket on fire, he received a serious flash burn to the face and his left arm.

April 5, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger ELECTRICAL
Robertson's · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Injured employee received smoke inhalation from the incident when another employee caught fire from an electrical arch.

2001 · 2 incidents

March 28, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Robertson's · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS JACKHAMMERING A ROCK WHICH WAS CAUGHT IN THE JAW, THE JACKHAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK AND HIT HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING HIM TO LAND AGAINST THE JAW HITTING HIS HAND.

March 20, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Robertson's · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE BUILDING A HOPPER THE 2 SIDE PANELS WERE BEING HELD BY TACK WELDS WHICH BROKE WHEN THE PANELS WERE BEING ALIGNED CAUSING ONE PANEL TO FALL ONTO EE.KICKERS WERE ALS O IN PLACE.