Mining Incidents

BLACKHAWK QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Andrew R Machata
Palm Bay, Brevard County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800992

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
May 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
81
citations
31
significant & substantial
$13,095
proposed penalties
$13,095
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
2005 Q3 8,268 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,847 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,418 8 0 950.3
2004 Q4 11,153 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 12,621 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 13,035 7 4 537.0
2004 Q1 13,817 2 2 144.7
2003 Q4 13,224 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

4 on file

2003 · 1 incident

May 21, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND

EE WAS MOVING THE LARGE WOODEN BLOCKS THAT THE QUARRY'S PORTABLE CRUSHING UNIT SITS ON, HE PULLED HIS BACK IN THE PROCESS AND NOW HAS PAIN DOWN HIS LEG.

2001 · 3 incidents

October 7, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackhawk Quarry Company Of Florida Inc · Struck against stationary object

USING A SHOVEL TO LOOSEN A ROCK. HAND SLIPPED AND HIT A STEEL BEAM. BROKE A BONE IN RIGHT HAND.

August 2, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackhawk Quarry Company Of Florida Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CHANGING TRACKS ON THE BACKHOE-TRYING TO HIT IT TO GET THE OLD TRACKS OFF AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW AND HIT HIM INT HE THIGH. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HSPITAL WHERE HE HAD THE PIECE OF METAL REMOVED AND HIS THIGH STITCHES.

August 2, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blackhawk Quarry Company Of Florida Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING INT HE SAME AREA AS A FELLOW EE THAT WAS WORKING ONT HE TRACKS ON DOMATSU BACKHOE. WHILE THE OTHER EE WAS BANGING ON THE TRACKS TO REMOVE THEM A STRAY PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM IN THE HIP AND IMBEDED IN HIS ABDOMEN- HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ORTHO SURGER LEFT THE METAL IN.