Mining Incidents

Santee Aggregates Metal/Non-Metal

Santee, San Diego County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405564

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2004–2020
Latest incident
Aug 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
142
citations
33
significant & substantial
$36,344
proposed penalties
$36,344
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 8,211 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12,326 3 0 243.4
2025 Q1 1,560 3 1 1923.1
2024 Q4 13,296 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 11,981 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 12,238 2 0 163.4
2023 Q4 15,294 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

17 on file

2020 · 1 incident

August 14, 2020 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a Haul truck when EE went over a mound of material at approximately 30mph. EE received friction burns and a lower back strain.

2016 · 2 incidents

December 15, 2016 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was using a bar to clear a sand hopper. Five days later, employee said elbow was hurting. Employee reported the injury on 12/20/2016.

June 29, 2016 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Injured miner received bee stings when a nearby dozer ran over a box containing a bee hive. The hive swarmed around the injured miner and stung EE on head and neck. EE was treated at the company clinic and released to full duty.

2014 · 1 incident

October 25, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing bolts from crusher top shell with air gun and caught his right thumb between the air gun handle and top shell of the crusher.

2012 · 1 incident

June 5, 2012 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was installing rubber screens with a slide hammer in the middle deck of a screen. When he was hitting one screen in the bottom of the hammer slipped off the panel and causing the whole slide hammer to fall suddenly and smash his finger between the handle of the hammer and the bucker bar rail on the top deck.

2009 · 3 incidents

December 28, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was digging out the # 1 three inch feeder with a digging bar, a loader was digging out # 2 feeder when material on the northwest edge of feeder #1 sloughed off and caught his legs causing a right knee strain.

June 19, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating back hoe moving raw material in front of pit feeder for block wall placement when he felt tightness in his back from bouncing in the seat of the equipment while operating it.

March 26, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was overhead welding a cross brace in the wet screen when hot slag dripped into the gap of his long sleeve shirt where it buttons at the wrist and it gave him 2 small burns on his left elbow. The small burns developed into an infection which resulted in lost time because employee did not report the incident to his supervisor until 4/14/2009

2008 · 2 incidents

October 14, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor OTHER
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While the employee was grinding slag off a piece of angle iron a gust of wind blew a small piece of grinding under the employee's face shield and safety glasses into his upper eye lid.

February 7, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was checking baghouse #2. When he stepped off the slab, he sank in the mud which appeared to be hard ground. His right leg sank about 14". Employee started to twist and turn before he realized his footing was unstable.

2007 · 1 incident

July 11, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While cleaning up a construction site the employee was lifting a 30 lbs piece of metal when he felt a strain in his low back.

2006 · 2 incidents

July 13, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Struck by falling object

While holding the ladder for a co-worker, a large slab of metal the co-worker was working with slipped and fell striking the injured employee.

January 24, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was removing sand stone that had lodged on a conveyor belt. When the conveyor belt rocked, a stone fell off the belt landing on the employee's left ankle.

2005 · 1 incident

November 3, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Fall onto or against objects

The employee was repairing a hole in Chute C-9 while using an extendable ladder. The legs on the ladder he was working on slipped out causing the employee to fall. He struck his leg on the tailguard.

2004 · 3 incidents

November 4, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was moving screen panels on the deck of S-1. He was holding a flashlight in one hand; lifting one end of the screen with the other hand. His elbow made a popping sound, then became painful causing the employee to drop the screen panel he was carrying.

May 24, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Struck against stationary object

While removing a rock from a conveyer belt with a shovel handle, the employee was struck on the left hand thumb with the other end of the shovel. The left thumb then struck the side of the conveyer.