Mining Incidents

Ridgewood Mill: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Risinger H B
Polk County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800375

MSHA record for Ridgewood Mill (mine ID 0800375). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Ownership history
  1. W R Grace & Company 1950 to 1988
  2. Seminole Fertilizer Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ridgewood Mill 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1992 · 1 incident

October 16, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seminole Fertilizer Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER TIE PLATES AND CAUGHT HIS SELF WITH RIGHT HAND.

1990 · 1 incident

October 20, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Seminole Fertilizer Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL CLOSING BOTTOM DOOR ON WET ROCK CAR WITH PRY BAR.BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON THE GRATING.

1988 · 3 incidents

October 13, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W R Grace & Company · Fall from machine

I.NAME GETTING ON #13 TRACTOR AND WAS ON LEFT TRACK WHEN LEFT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND.WENT TO COMPANY DISPENWSARY DIAGNOSIS ACUTE BACK SPRAIN.RX WRITTEN.

May 25, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W R Grace & Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF LADDER AND TURNED LEFT KNEE GAVE WAY.

April 16, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W R Grace & Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING THE TRAIN NEAR A R/R SWITCH AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING FALLING OVER THE R/R SWITCH

1987 · 2 incidents

June 1, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W R Grace & Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CROSSTIES. 3

April 1, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W R Grace & Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING AT CROS8TIE

1983 · 1 incident

May 23, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W R Grace & Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING DOOR LATCH UP WHILE CO-WORKER PRIED ON DOOR CAUSING DOOR TO SPRING OPEN CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN R R CAR DOOR AND LATCH.