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Blue Waters Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gillman Ronald C
Monroe County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801119

Blue Waters Quarry has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Dec 1993
Ownership history
  1. Upper Keys Marine Construction Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1997 0
1996 6
1995 15
1994 11
1993 12
1992 7
1991 7
1990 5
1989 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Blue Waters Quarry sits in Monroe County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

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.
Monroe County, Florida · Population 81,840
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$82,430
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1993 · 1 incident

December 15, 1993 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Upper Keys Marine Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CABLE ON BOOM BROKE WHILE OPERATING DRAGLINE. NOT KNOWN WHY CABLE BROKE. CABLE HIT HIM CAUSING SEVERE LACERATIONS NA DBRUISING TO FACE, ARMS, A HANDS, CHEST AND THIGHS. TENDONS WERE SEVERED IN RIGHT HAND.