Mining Incidents

#416: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Capeletti A J
Miami-Dade County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801069

MSHA record for #416 (mine ID 0801069). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Capeletti Brothers Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#416 sits in Miami-Dade 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.
Miami-Dade County, Florida · Population 2,685,296
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$68,694
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

August 14, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capeletti Brothers Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN CLIMBING UP AND DOWN OPERATING A LOADER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND HIS RIGHT KNEE STARTED SWELLING UP.

May 9, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capeletti Brothers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHANGING CUTTERHEAD TETH WITH A 6 LB SLEDGE HAMMER AND STRUCK LEFT THUMB CAUSING FRACTURE OF SAME.

1988 · 3 incidents

November 23, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capeletti Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A TOOTH ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET AND MASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

September 26, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Capeletti Brothers Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

BOOM WIRE HOOKED TO PONTOON WIRE STATED PSUHING MAN AND HE TRIED TO GET TO BARGE FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON L ARM

March 24, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capeletti Brothers Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A STEEL PIN INTO A SWING SHEVE, IT WOULD NOT GO, SO HE PUT HIS FINGERS UNDER THE FLANGE TO TAKE IT OUT ANDTHE PIN DROPPED CATCHING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AT THE NAIL AREA.