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#3 Pit: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John C Sessa
Broward County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801107

MSHA record for #3 Pit (mine ID 0801107). 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
1989–1997
Latest incident
Mar 1997
Ownership history
  1. John Sessa Bulldozing Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#3 Pit sits in Broward 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.
Broward County, Florida · Population 1,946,127
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,534
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

1997 · 1 incident

March 13, 1997 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John Sessa Bulldozing Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND WITNESS WERE DISCONNECTING BELL TYPE PIPE COUPLING WHILE WORKING OFF TUG BOAT. EE'S RT. LITTLE FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TUGBOAT POST AND BELL COUPLING WHEN PIPE INADVERTENTLY SWUNG ARO UND.

1996 · 1 incident

May 31, 1996 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John Sessa Bulldozing Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEEL DOOR (HATCH) CLOSED ON EE'S RIGHT HAND, IN TURN PRODUCING LACERATION TO RT. MIDDLE FINGER.

1989 · 1 incident

January 4, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John Sessa Bulldozing Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON STEEL CABLE & LOST HIS BALANCE AS HE WENT TO CATCH HIMSELF HE PULLED EXTRA HARD CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN