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Global Pumice Mine - Olancha Metal/Non-Metal

GLOBAL PUMICE, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Garrett Petelski; Thomas Hrubik

Olancha, Inyo County, CA · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 0404783

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2001–2014
Latest incident: Jun 2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

275

citations

significant & substantial

$172,362

proposed penalties

$153,418

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	1,775	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	2,605	5	0	1919.4
2025 Q2	3,355	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	0	2	0
2024 Q3	0	2	0
2024 Q1	2,594	3	1	1156.5
2023 Q4	2,710	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	3,028	5	2	1651.3

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

2014 · 1 incident

June 6, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

GLOBAL PUMICE, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was tightening a bolt on the plant "roll crusher" with another employee and applied too much pressure causing a strain on his left shoulder. Although this happened on June 6, 2014, employee continued to work with this strained shoulder until he believed it necessary to visit a doctor on June 27, 2014 for

2011 · 1 incident

July 18, 2011 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER

California Natural Aggregates, Inc. · Unclassified, insufficient data

Left index finger was swollen, but did not know how/when, or where. Or it could have been a spider bite. Finger gotten worse later that same morning. Taken to the hospital. They then numbed his finger and cleaned it. They gave him antibiotic. Has to go in every 6 hours to have his finger cleaned out.

2001 · 1 incident

April 20, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER

California Natural Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by flying object

PUMICE DUST BLOWN BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES AND INTOLEFT EYE. EYE IRRITATED AND SCRATCHED.