Mining Incidents

El Centro Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
el centro, Imperial County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405113

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
30
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,367
proposed penalties
$4,367
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
2005 Q1 701 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 2 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 4 2
2002 Q4 1,212 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,090 11 4 10091.7
2002 Q2 1,377 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

2002 · 1 incident

October 3, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
Granite Construction Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN AN OPEN AREA WITH SOME LIGHT WIND. SPARKS ARCED CAUSING A FLASHBURN TO BOTH EYES.

2001 · 1 incident

August 16, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HAMMERING ON A BAR W/ DOUBLE JACK TO BREAK A PIECE OF OVERSIZE CONCRETE INT HE CONE CRUSHER BAR HEAD WAS MUSHROOMED AND 1/8" PIECE OF METAL PENETRATED HIS ARM.

2000 · 1 incident

May 18, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A FRONT END LOADER TO LOAD RECYCLE PLANT.