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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

MULBERRY LIMESTONE has had no fatalities among 6 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 1983–1995
Latest incident: Aug 1995

Ownership history

Imc Fertilizer Inc 1950 to 1996
Imc-Agrico 1996 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Workforce and production

Year	Employees
2000	0
1999	0
1998	17
1997	24
1996	24
1995	24
1994	24
1993	24
1992	23
1991	26
1990	22
1989	23
1988	23
1987	22
1986	23
1985	21
1984	21
1983	23

Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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.

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

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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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.

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MULBERRY LIMESTONE sits in Polk County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.