Mining Incidents

Quarry Drive Metal/Non-Metal

SMR Aggregates Inc · Surface
Sarasota, Sarasota County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800877

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2000–2011
Latest incident
Sep 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
69
citations
20
significant & substantial
$11,370
proposed penalties
$9,117
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
2016 Q3 10,169 3 0 295.0
2016 Q2 10,073 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 11,793 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 11,552 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 11,695 1 1 85.5
2015 Q2 11,820 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 9,943 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 12,124 1 0 82.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2011 · 1 incident

September 22, 2011 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
SMR Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cutting grass with the bush hog, employee felt an insect bite on right hip.

2008 · 2 incidents

November 18, 2008 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SMR Aggregates Inc · Struck by falling object

Was unscrewing the steel plate under the equipment, 3 bolts were loosened when the plate fell onto the employee's arm. the 4th bolt was rusted and did not hold in place.

July 10, 2008 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SMR Aggregates Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was working on the dredge. The dredge roof was open and secure. The hinges on the roof broke and the roof fell, hitting the employee on right elbow. In the fall, the employee punctured the side of his left hand, tearing the skin (small skin avulsion).

2007 · 2 incidents

September 21, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
SMR Aggregates Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

While fueling equipment, the hose came off the fuel nozzle. Diesel fuel splattered into right eye. Employee was wearing eye protection. Eye wash was immediately used to flush right eye.

March 22, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
SMR Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

While using the torch, the disconnect came off, causing 2nd degree burns to the right hand and first degree burns to the left hand and face.

2006 · 1 incident

May 25, 2006 FL · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
SMR Aggregates Inc · Accident type, without injuries

EE (customer and employee at Littl'fellows trucking in Palmetto) was on his way to the scale house, when he reached for his lighter on the bottom of his truck and drove over a berm. The truck ran into a ditch and rolled over. The driver was not injured.

2005 · 2 incidents

July 23, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SMR Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee was bending a stick of rebar and it brake causing him to lose his balance and hyper extend his left knee. Employee felt pain in left knee

March 22, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
SMR Aggregates Inc · Struck by flying object

EE HAD STEPPED OUT OF FRONT END LOADER TO REPOSITION PILE STAKE WHEN A FOREIGN BODY ENTERED INTO LEFT EYE. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE AREA WAS DRY AND WIND CONDITIONS WERE GUSTY, CREATING A VERY DUSTY ENVIRONMENT, THE FOREIGN BODY CAUSED ABRASIONS TO THE CORNEA AS A RESULT, THE FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED BY AN OPTHAMOLOGIST

2004 · 2 incidents

July 9, 2004 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SMR Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF METAL IN NECK AREA WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BUCKET TOOTH ON A BACKHOE. INJURED EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO NECK AREA REQUIRING FOUR STITCHES.

2003 · 2 incidents

July 21, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SMR Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE BAG ON THE PAPER SHREDDER. AS SHE MOVED HER HAND PAST THE STORAGE BOX IT CONTACTED A SHARP EDGE ON THE BOX RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HER RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

January 20, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
SMR Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER AND WAS TRAVELING TO THE SHELL PLANT. WHILE TRAVELING THE MACHINE STRUCK A BUMP ON THE ROADWAY CAUSING A STRAIN TO LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE REQUESTED TO SEE A DOC TOR ON 6-24-03.

2001 · 1 incident

June 13, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SMR Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object

WORKING UNDER WET CONDITIONS, EE CUT LEFT HAND ON LOCKING COLLAR AS HE WAS INSTALLING IT.

2000 · 1 incident

April 6, 2000 FL · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
SMR Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING THE PROCESS OF DIGGING & PILING SHELL THE BOOM HOIST CABLE BROKE. ONE END OF THE CABLE SMASHED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD STRIKING EE. BRUISES & MINOR CUTS ON LEGS, LEFT RING FINGER TIP CUT OFF, LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BROKE, NEEDED SURGERY.