TWO MEN WAS LIFTING A 35 GALLONS DRUM OF GREASE TO TAKE IT TO THE DRAGLINE WHEN ONE OF THEM TRIP LIVING ALL THE WEIGHT TO THE OTHER MAN THE OWN THAT GOT INJURY.
American Rock Pit No 1: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
American Rock Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Borron Celestino
Miami-Dade County,
FL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801067
MSHA record for American Rock Pit No 1 (mine ID 0801067). 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
- 1989–1990
- Latest incident
- Mar 1990
Ownership history
- American Rock Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
American Rock Pit No 1 sits in Miami-Dade County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
3 on file1990 · 2 incidents
March 9, 1990
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Rock Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
American Rock Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
TRIED TO OP RADIATOR CAP WATER BURNED OFF MY LEFT LEG AND FACE
1989 · 1 incident
February 6, 1989
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Rock Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BOULDER GOT STUCK INSIDE CRUSHER EMPLOYEE WENT WITH FOREMAN INTO THE CRUSHER TO REMOVE THE BOULDER & ROCKS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE ROCK TO REMOVE FROM ITS ACKWARD POSITION EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN BE LOW RT SIDE OF ABDOMEN THRU TO THE RT LEG CONTINED WORKING UNTIL 1030AM AT THIS TIME FELT TOO MUCH PAIN & WENT TO THE DOCTOR