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Saddle Creek: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Williams Companies
Polk County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800173

Saddle Creek has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jan 1985
Ownership history
  1. Agrico Mining Company 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1986 123
1985 111
1984 114
1983 130
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Saddle Creek 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

4 on file

1985 · 1 incident

January 16, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Agrico Mining Company · Struck by flying object

MINER WAS ASSISTING CREW PUT A LARGE PUMP IMPELLAR BACK ON SHAFT TWO MINERS WERE HOLDING SHAFT WITH SPUD BARS IN COUPLING COVER WHILE IMPELLER AND BEING ROTATED FORCE AND SHAFT COUPLE COVER WA S TOO GREAT IT BROKE AND PIPE FLEW UP AND HIT MINER IN FACE.

1984 · 1 incident

June 6, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Agrico Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

MINER CUT RIGHT HAND WHILE DIGGING OUT BURIED PIPE LINE TO FIX LEAK IN WATER PIPE. PIPE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN BANDED AND MINER DID NOT SEE STAINLESS STEEL BAND STRAP WHICH WAS UNDER WATER AND CU T HAND ON END OF STRAP.

1983 · 2 incidents

December 25, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Agrico Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

MINER WAS WALKING NEAR CYCLONE SLIPPED AND FELL THE AREA WAS WET FROM SPILLAGE AND WITH UNUSUAL COLD TEMP CREATED ICE WHICH MINER WAS NOT USED TO WORKING AROUND

October 6, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Agrico Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BULLDOZER WAS STUCK IN SLIME BANK. WHILE TOWING IT OUT CHAIN SNAPPED & A PIECE HIT MINER IN ARM..