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Simmon's Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Betty Johnson
Escambia County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801191

Simmon's Pit has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1995.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1995–1996
Latest incident
Apr 1996
Ownership history
  1. Pace Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1998 3
1997 5
1996 6
1995 5
1994 5
1993 4
1992 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Simmon's Pit sits in Escambia County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Escambia County, Florida · Population 323,275
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$65,715
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1996 · 1 incident

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1995 · 1 incident

May 10, 1995 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pace Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 6 INCH PIPE WITH A CHAIN ATTACHED, WAS ALYING ON A SMALL MOUND OF SAND. EE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE CHAIN, CAUSING THE PIPE TO ROLL, STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT ANKLE.