Mining Incidents

Ridgewood Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Charlotte County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801063

MSHA record for Ridgewood Mine (mine ID 0801063). 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
1987–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
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

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.

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