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Ridgewood Mine: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Charlotte County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801063

Ridgewood Mine has had no fatalities among 6 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Continental Mining Ltd 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 16
1988 14
1987 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Ridgewood Mine sits in Charlotte 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.
Charlotte County, Florida · Population 195,083
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$66,154
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1989 · 1 incident

February 15, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Mining Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MASHED HIS LEFT HAND WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE ROCKS FROM THE ROCK CRUSHER HAMMER BOX

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1988 · 1 incident

March 16, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Continental Mining Ltd · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I NAME WAS HOLDING ON TO A CHAIN WHILE MAKING A REPAIR TO THE EQUIP AND THE CHAIN LET GO CAUSING HIM TO FALL

1987 · 4 incidents

October 30, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Continental Mining Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT SHOVEL I3 CONVEYOR BELT RECEIVED LACERATION LEFT LITTLE FINGER

March 10, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Continental Mining Ltd · Struck against stationary object

WHILE FUELING T2E DRAGLINE FROM FUEL TRUCK, SLIPPED AND STRUCK RIGHT SHIN BONE ON TRUCK.

March 9, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Mining Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGEING3DUMP ROPE ON DRAGLINE END OF ROPE CAME OUT STRIKING HIM ON CHEST

February 2, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Mining Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING ENGINE3FROM PAN A PIECE OF METAL CAUSED LACERATION ON HAND.