Mining Incidents

Midway Road Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

St Lucie County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800810

MSHA record for Midway Road Mine (mine ID 0800810). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. Ft Pierce Sand & Materials Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Midway Road Mine sits in St. Lucie 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.
St. Lucie County, Florida · Population 346,237
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,027
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

February 24, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ft Pierce Sand & Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

OPERATOR AND HELPER WERE REPAIRING A SECTION OF PIPE ON THE DREDGE WHICH REQUIRED THE LIFTING OF A HEAVY OBJECT TWO DAYS LATER THE OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF A HURTING BACK AND HAS SUBSEQUENTLY MA DE SEVERAL VISITS TO A CHIROPRACTOR

1987 · 1 incident

September 9, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ft Pierce Sand & Materials Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ARING BRUSH ON AREA ADJACENT TO MINE AND STUNG REPEATLY BY HORNETS.