THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER STOCKPILING AND FEEDING THE WET PROCESSING SECTION OF THE PLANT. NOT BEING USED TO OPERATING A LOADER SO MANY HOURS PER DAY, HE ALLEGEDLY STRAINED OR PULLED THE MUSLCES IN HIS LOWER BACK, THIS WAS THE DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS.
Keuka Industrial Sand Plant: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Florida Rock Industries Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Vulcan Materials Company
Putnam County,
FL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801095
MSHA record for Keuka Industrial Sand Plant (mine ID 0801095). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1988–1989
- Latest incident
- Sep 1989
Ownership history
- Florida Rock Industries Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Keuka Industrial Sand Plant sits in Putnam County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Putnam County, Florida · Population 74,235
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$47,256
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1989 · 2 incidents
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck against a moving object
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPL OPERATING LOADER AS HE APPROACHED STOCKPIULE WITH BUCKET IN THE AIR,LOADER LEANED TO RIGHT BECAUSED SOMEONE HAD CUT GRADE TO DRAIN OFF WATER AND OPER SNATCHED STEERING WHEEL TO LEFT.THIS JARRED ,TWISTED EMPLS BACK . SEE LETTER
1988 · 1 incident
July 21, 1988
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
PINCH FINGER BETWEEN 55 GALLONG DRUM AND BUCKET OF 98UC WHEELLOADER .