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MULBERRY LIMESTONE: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Imc-Agrico · Facility
Controlled by Mosaic Company
Polk County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800552

MSHA record for MULBERRY LIMESTONE (mine ID 0800552). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1995
Latest incident
Aug 1995
Ownership history
  1. Imc Fertilizer Inc 1950 to 1996
  2. Imc-Agrico 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MULBERRY LIMESTONE sits in Polk County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Polk County, Florida · Population 760,961
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,644
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 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1995 · 1 incident

August 4, 1995 FL · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Imc Fertilizer Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAKIGN INSPECTION OF AREA (3RD FLOOR OLD ROCK BINS AT DRY PLANT) NOT NORMALLY TRAVELED. WALKING ON WALKWAY (PREVIOUSLY COLLASPED) OVER BINS, STEPPED AND FELL STRAIGHT DOWN 25/30 FEET INTO BIN .

1992 · 1 incident

August 7, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Imc Fertilizer Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

54736YEE WAS GOING DOWN STEPS TO 2 EAST TUNNEL TO CLOSE GATE ON CHUTE, SLIPPED ON BOTTOM STEP TURNING HER ANKLE.

1991 · 1 incident

September 11, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Imc Fertilizer Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING COVER TO SCREW HOUSING. COVER WAS NOT COMPLETELY IN POSITION ON NORTH END, EMPLOYEE PUSHED AGAINST COVER TO FIT INTO PLACE AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN HOUSING COVER AND SIDE EDGE.

1988 · 1 incident

March 9, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Imc Fertilizer Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING UNCHOKE #2 DUST COLLECTOR SCREW- PULLING ON LODGED BAG- WHEN PRESSURE WAS RELEASED IT CAUSED FINGER TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN VALVE BLADE AND HOUSING OF AIR LOCK VALVE.

1986 · 1 incident

June 12, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Imc Fertilizer Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DR5INING WATER OFF TOP OF DRUM BY LEANING DRUM OVER. WHILE DOING THIS DRUM SLIPPED AND CAME BACK ON HIM CAUSING HIS LITTLE FINGER TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN THIS DRUM AND ANOTHER DR

1983 · 1 incident

January 13, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Imc Fertilizer Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS PLACING OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE TANKS OUT OF RACK ONTO CREWS BUGGY.LATER FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.HE WAS LIFTING TANKS OVER SMALL HUMP AND CONCRETE RETAINING WALL.