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Lecanto Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by E R Jahna Industries Inc
Citrus County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800759

Lecanto Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. E R Jahna Industries Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1987 1
1986 2
1985 4
1984 28
1983 31
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Lecanto Mine sits in Citrus County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Citrus County, Florida · Population 158,693
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$55,355
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

1984 · 1 incident

October 12, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E R Jahna Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE EARTH FELL AWAY AROUND THE RIGHT TRACK OF THE 88B DRAGLINE & IT SLID INTO THE PIT. UPON LEAVING THE CAB I.NAME CUT HIS HEAD ON THE GANTRY. HE LOST HIS EYEGLASSES GETTING OUT OF T HE DRAGL INE.