Mining Incidents

951 Pit: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Harper Brothers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Daniel R Harper
Collier County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801114

MSHA record for 951 Pit (mine ID 0801114). 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
1988–1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Harper Brothers Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

951 Pit sits in Collier County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Collier County, Florida · Population 387,681
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$86,173
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

1990 · 2 incidents

September 27, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Harper Brothers Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL STRAIGHTENING OUT BENT STEERING COLUMN COVER WITH HAMMER.HAMMER MISSED AND FINGER SLID DOWN ALONG SHARP EDGE OF COVER.

February 5, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harper Brothers Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL HAD GRABBED GUARD RAIL TO PULL HIMSELF UP INTO CAB OF DRAGLINE & FELT PAIN IN BACK.

1989 · 2 incidents

August 8, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harper Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PER CLAIMANT I HAD SHUT OFF CRUSHER & MOVED ROCKS THAT HAD JAMMED IN CRUSHER 100LB ROCK SLID OFF CRUSHER HAMMER & DROPPED ONTO MY FINGER CRUSHING IT UP AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK

1988 · 1 incident

November 14, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Harper Brothers Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL DRIVING ROCK TRUCK AND HIT LARGE ROCK WITH IMPACT -BOUNCED SEVERELY IN SEAT AND THROWN ABOUT INCAB.