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Best Rock: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Rock Works Inc · Surface
Controlled by De Lamar Luis J
Miami-Dade County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801023

MSHA record for Best Rock (mine ID 0801023). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Ownership history
  1. Loyal Rock Inc 1984 to 1988
  2. Rock Works Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Best Rock 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

4 on file

1987 · 3 incidents

September 2, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Loyal Rock Inc · Fall from machine

AS EMPLOYEE WAS3GETTING ON THE CRANE TO START TO WORK HE MUST HAVE SLIPPED & FELL HITTING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE METAL STRAP EMPLOYEE DOES NOT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED EMPLOYEE IS UNDER OBSERVATI ON HOSPITALIZED3

March 31, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Loyal Rock Inc · Struck against stationary object

ADJUSTING WITH 7HE ASSISTANT MECHANIC(LABORER) THE CORNER ROLLER OF THE DRAGLINE 2400-B"LIME" THE WRENCH SLIDED AND CORNER ROLLER CUT HIS FINGER.

January 19, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Loyal Rock Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL ON HIS OWN3ACCORD RIDING ON DOOR STEP OF OUTSIDE DUMP TRUCK PASSING BY,SLIPPED OFF STEP AND HIT HEAD AGAINST GROUND.

1986 · 1 incident

February 7, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Loyal Rock Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING H9AVY EQUIP WITH ANOTHER WORKER,I.NAME FELT BAD PAIN ON RIGHT ARM.DR ADVISED I.NAME NOT TO CONTINUE WORKING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.