Mining Incidents

Phosphate Center Metal/Non-Metal

Estech Inc · Facility
Controlled by C & G Holdings Ii Inc
Polk County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800382

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

December 13, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Estech Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS STANDING NEAR END OF LENGTH OF PIPE WHICH WAS BEING MOVED BY BULLDOZER DRAGGED BY DOZER. PIPE BECAME SNAGGED ON HALF BURIED TREE ROOT MADE RECOIL MOTION & STRUCK EMPL ON LET ANKLE.

March 17, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Estech Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE DRY ROCK TANKS.THERE WAS APILE OF PHOSPHATE ROCK ON THE GROUND NEAR THE #2 AND #3 TANKS.HE STEPPED ON THE ROCK,IT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIS FEET,AND HE FELL,HITTIN G HIS BACK AND HEAD ON A CONCRETE WALL.

1988 · 6 incidents

December 22, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Estech Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A SHEET OF EXPANDED METAL ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK WHEN THE METAL WAS PARTIALLY ON THE TRUCK HE PUSHED IT WITH HIS RT HAND THE METAL SHIFTED TO ONE SIDE AND THE SHARP EDGE OF THE METAL STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND AT THE BASE OF THE THUMB

October 26, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Estech Inc · Struck by flying object

AIR HOSE TO BRAKES ON LOCO BROKE LOOSE.I.NAME STANDING NEARBY WAS HIT BY HOSE ON RIGHT ELBOW RECEIVING SMALL LACERATION.

July 15, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Estech Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS STANDING ON BENCH WHILE WORKING. HE SLIPPED OFF BENCH AND LANDED ON THE HEEL OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

May 10, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Estech Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHUCK KEY TO TIGHTEN CHUCK OF ELECTRIC DRILL.THE TRIGGER OF THE DRILL WAS BUMPED,TURNING THE DRILL ON.WHEN THE CHUCK TURNED THE CHUCK KEY,EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN KEY AND DRILL MOTOR HOUSING.

March 1, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Estech Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEAM GENERATING MACHINE TO CLEAN A PIECE OF MACHINERY. THE END OF THE STEAM GUN (NOZZ LE) CAME OFF, RELEASING STEAM.

January 12, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Estech Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CONDUCTING A SAFETY INSPECTION AT THE MINE.WHILE ASCENDING FLIGHT OF STAIRS,FELT SGSHARP PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE.

1987 · 4 incidents

September 28, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Estech Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DURING AFTERNOON EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING AND CHECKING BEARING HOUSINGS STORED ON FLOOR OF SHOP. EMPLOYEE REPORTED NEXT DAY THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEG WHEN MOVING THE BEARING HOUSINGS ON THE PREVIOUS AFTERNOON.

August 18, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Estech Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A PAYLOADER TO FILL IN A WASHED OUT ROADWAY.HE WAS TURNING PAYLOADER AROUND TO GET IN POSITION TO BACKBLADE A PILE OF DIRT.THE PAYLOADER ENGINE WENT DEAD AND THE MACHINE ROL LLED BACKWARDS 8OWN INCLINE.THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE PAYLOADER AND IT RAN INTO A HIGH CLIFF OF DIRT AND FELL ONTO ONE SIDE.THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ANKLE AND FOOT WERE PINNED UNDER

August 5, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Estech Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DROVE LABORATORY TRUCK TO DRY MILL TO PICK UP SAMPLE. PARKED TRUCK NEAR SMALL HOLE IN GROUND. WHEN SHE STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK, STEPPED INTO HOLE AND HURT BACK.

June 17, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Estech Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DE8CENDING LADDER DURING SAFETY INSPECTION AT THE WET ROCK SCREENING AREA.HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED DUE TO THE HOT DUSTY CONDITION IN THIS AREA.EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND BUT IN DOI3G SO TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.

1986 · 1 incident

June 9, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Estech Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS TRYI3G TO OPEN RAILROAD CAR DOOR USING PRY BAR. THE DOOR WAS HARD TO OPEN AND IN EFFORT TO FORCE IT OPEN, I,NAME HURT BACK.

1985 · 1 incident

December 4, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Estech Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE AND CO4ORKERS WERE WEIGHING CARS EMPLOYEE HAD TROUBLE DISCONNECTING THE ONE WHICH HAD JUST BEEN WEIGHED THE CARS HAD ALMOST STOPPED AND EMPLOYEE STEPPED BETWEEN THEM TO COMPLETE THE DISCONNECT AS 2E DID THE HEEL OF HIS RT BOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RAIL AND THE CONCRETE HE GOT HIS BOOT FREE BUT BEFORE HE COULD CLEAR THE TRACK THE CAR HAD ROLLED BACK AND HIS RT FOOT WAS CAU

1983 · 1 incident

December 12, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Estech Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER ON RAIL CAR. HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE STIRUP FORCING HIS BODY WEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT ARM.