Mining Incidents

Ridgecrest Rock Plant Metal/Non-Metal

InyoKern, Kern County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0404163

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
67
citations
13
significant & substantial
$10,011
proposed penalties
$9,961
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 1,585 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,046 8 1 7648.2
2024 Q1 1,125 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,185 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,045 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 405 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 173 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 633 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2004 · 1 incident

April 13, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Fall down stairs

Employee tripped while walking up stairs (5) to office and strained his right knee, he has a history of knee problems and we have scheduled an MRI for a possible cartilage tear.

2002 · 1 incident

April 18, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD BEEN OPENING UPS FREIGHT BOXES AND SHE WENT IN TO THE NEXT ROOM TO GET SOME WATER, WHENSHE RETURNED SHE ATTEMPTED TO STEP OVER A BOX & FELL.

2000 · 1 incident

August 7, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cal-Ci-Co Rock Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 16LB. SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN WEDGES ON CONE CRUSHER. HE HAD BEEN RUNNING AROCK BREAKER AND THE PAIN HAD REALLY GOTTEN WORSE.