Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Sarasota County, Florida

Sarasota County, Florida has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 13 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 54 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2011. Inspectors have issued 142 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Sarasota County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Sarasota County →

Mines on register
13
Active
0
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
142
0 underground · 13 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 13 metal and non-metal 13 abandoned 54 reported accidents, 1987–2011
Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Sarasota County, Florida · Population 449,011
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$80,633
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
B & J Dragline Company 2 0 0
SMR Aggregates Inc 1 0 1
Ajax Paving Industries of Florida, LLC 1 0 0
Apac-Florida Inc 1 0 0
Bob Rigby Trucking Company 1 0 0
Deans Contracting Inc 1 0 0
Earl Collins & Son Site Dev D/B/A E & E Dragline 1 0 0
Fleet Rental Inc 1 0 0
Morrison Trucking Company 1 0 0
Preferred Materials, Inc. 1 0 0
Mines in Sarasota County13 on register
  1. Quarry Drive
    Surface metal/non-metal · SMR Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 0800877
    Abandoned
  2. Ajax Materials
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ajax Paving Industries of Florida, LLC · MSHA ID 0800904
    Abandoned
  3. Laurel Shell Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Preferred Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 0801243
    Abandoned
  4. WAGNER MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wagner Tractor Service Inc · MSHA ID 0801167
    Abandoned
  5. E & E Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Earl Collins & Son Site Dev D/B/A E & E Dragline · MSHA ID 0801085
    Abandoned
  6. Fleet Rental Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fleet Rental Inc · MSHA ID 0800843
    Abandoned
  7. DEANS PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Stephen T Deans Jr · MSHA ID 0801051
    Abandoned
  8. DEANS PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Deans Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 0801112
    Abandoned
  9. Everglades Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & J Dragline Company · MSHA ID 0800844
    Abandoned
  10. Hanchey Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & J Dragline Company · MSHA ID 0800913
    Abandoned
  11. Newburn Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apac-Florida Inc · MSHA ID 0800826
    Abandoned
  12. Pit #007
    Surface metal/non-metal · Morrison Trucking Company · MSHA ID 0800905
    Abandoned
  13. Rigby Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bob Rigby Trucking Company · MSHA ID 0800906
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.