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CARDI CORPORATION: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Cardi Corp · Surface
Controlled by Stephen A Cardi
Kent County, RI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3700180

MSHA record for CARDI CORPORATION (mine ID 3700180). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1988–1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK20000061M Settlement Weisberger 2001 $2K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Cardi Corp 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CARDI CORPORATION sits in Kent County, Rhode Island, 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.
Kent County, Rhode Island · Population 170,658
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$91,278
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 6,454 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,945 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1993 · 1 incident

August 25, 1993 RI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Cardi Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A WOOD CHAIN SAW TO CLEAR TREES. DURING CUTTING ACTIVITY SAW RECOILED (KICKED) INTO A DOWNWARD MOTION STRIKING EE'S LEFT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.

1991 · 1 incident

April 23, 1991 RI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cardi Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER STEPPING OFF THE LAST RUNG OF LADDER TO A EARTH MOVING VEHICLE (FRONT END LOADER).

1990 · 1 incident

August 6, 1990 RI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cardi Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TAILGATE OF TRAILER DID NOT DISENGAGE EMPL INQUIRED INTO CAUSE WITH LEFT HAND CONTACTING PNEUMATIC LINKAGE ARM WHEN THEN LINKAGE ARM BECAME ACTIVE ENTRAPPING LEFT HAND.

1988 · 2 incidents

April 7, 1988 RI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Cardi Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE INJURED AN A CO-WORKER WEREPLACING A NEW MAGNETIC TRIP ON AN ELECTRICAL PANEL NEW TRIP DID NOT FIT PROPERLY UPON REMOVING THE TRIP AN EXPOLSION OCCURRED.SYSTEM WAS SHUT DOWN.

April 7, 1988 RI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Cardi Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE INJURED AND A CO-WORKER WERE PLACING A NEW MAGNETIC TRIP ON A ELECTRICAL PANEL NEW TRIP DID NOT FIT PROPERLY ,UPON REMOVING THE TRIP AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED(SYSTEM WAS SHUT DOWN.