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Bonny Lake Mine: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

W R Grace & Company · Surface
Polk County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800168

Bonny Lake Mine has had no fatalities among 6 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jan 1984
Ownership history
  1. W R Grace & Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1984 15
1983 253
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Bonny Lake Mine sits in Polk 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.
Polk County, Florida · Population 760,961
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,644
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1984 · 1 incident

January 9, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W R Grace & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUPERVISOR WAS TRYING TO KNOCK THE KEEPER PIN OUT RIGHT TRUNNION ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET MISSED THE KEEPER THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE

1983 · 5 incidents

June 9, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W R Grace & Company · Fall from machine

WORKING IN CHUTE,HAD POSSIBLE SEIZURE,FELL 25\ INTO TANK.

May 6, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W R Grace & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BANDING STRAP BUCKLE OF RETURN PUMP, THE BUCKLE BROKE & STRUCK LEFT WRIST.

February 28, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W R Grace & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE OPENING CAN OF CAM DOPE WITH POCKET KNIFE AND CUT FOREARM LEFT.

February 6, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W R Grace & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT ON NOSE WITH HEAVY PIECE OF CHAIN (CUM-A -LONG).

February 2, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W R Grace & Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP PUMP BASE AND BUMPED RIGHT KNEE.