Mining Incidents

Beco Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Beaty Pete
Miami-Dade County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801072

MSHA record for Beco Pit (mine ID 0801072). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jun 1989

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 15, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · OTHER
Beco Rock & Sand Corp · Drowning

TRUCK DRIVER WAS HAULING MATERIAL FROM THE PIT STOCKPILE TO THE PLANT WHEN APPARENTLY HE BECAME UNCONCIOUS DUE TO AN ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITION, LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND DROVE INT O THE WATER FILLED PIT (LAKE) AND DROWNED.

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