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20 Mile Bend Pit: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Dennis L Smith Inc · Surface
Controlled by Dennis L Smith
Indian River County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801123

MSHA record for 20 Mile Bend Pit (mine ID 0801123). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. Dennis L Smith Inc 1989 to present
  2. Martin Paving Company 1990 to 1991
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

20 Mile Bend Pit sits in Indian River 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.
Indian River County, Florida · Population 163,856
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$71,049
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

May 1, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dennis L Smith Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING ON THE FRONT END LOADER, FEET WET AND LADDER WET FROM THE MORNING DEW. SLIPPED FROM THE 2ND RUNG OF THE LADDER, GRABBED HAND RAIL TO PREVENT THE FALL WITH RIGHT ARM.

April 19, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dennis L Smith Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS REMOVING RIGHT REAR AXLE OUT A DUMP TRUCK #332 USING A 8 LB. SLEDGE HAMMER WAS STRIKING THE BACK OF THE AXLE PLATE TO REMOVE IT FROM ITS HOUSING. WHILE STRIKING THE PLATE A METAL FRAGME NT CAME OFF THE PLATE AND WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE

March 3, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dennis L Smith Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING DRIVE CHAIN WITH HANDS HELPER USING HAMMER AND CHISEL TO FIX THE LINK HAMMER STRUCK THE CHISEL METAL FRAGMENT CAME OFF THE CHISEL AND EMBEDDED IN L FOREARM OF INJ ER COULD NOT REMOVE IT