Mining Incidents

Crushed Stone Division: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Oolite Industries
Miami-Dade County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800064

MSHA record for Crushed Stone Division (mine ID 0800064). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. Sterling Crushed Stone Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Crushed Stone Division 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

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

January 14, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sterling Crushed Stone Company · Fall from machine

DANIEL MORAVEC WAS SITTING ON THE WORK PLATFORM OF THE DRAGLINE USING A W R ENCH TO TIGHTEN A LOCK CAP HE WAS PULLING OUT ON THE WRENCH INSTEAD OF PUSHING IN THE POSITION H E WAS IN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE FELL 5 TO 6 FEET ONTO THE BACK OF A FLATBED TRUCK BREAKING HIS RIGHT WRIST