Crane Operator fatality at Mid-Coast Aggregates LLC-Mazak Mine (MID Coast Aggregates LLC), FL, December 10, 2025

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On December 10, 2025, a crane operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Mid-Coast Aggregates LLC-Mazak Mine (MID Coast Aggregates LLC), FL.

Mid-Coast Aggregates LLC-Mazak Mine · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: MID Coast Aggregates LLC (McDonald Investment Company Inc)

Contractor on site: VBX

Sumter County, FL

Classification MACHINERY

Type Drowning

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Investigator narrative

EE died after the dragline EE was operating slid into a water-filled pit.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Power Shovel, Dragline
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Drowning
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 5 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220260200044 · Mine ID 0801282 Trainer view →