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Beco Pit: 1 recorded fatality 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
Ownership history
  1. Beco Rock & Sand Corp 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Beco Pit 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.

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.