Mining Incidents

Florida Rock Industries IncOperator

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
MSHA Operator ID: L00354
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
377
Mines on record
50
Years on record
2000–2026

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
89th

More recorded fatalities than 89% of operators on file.

Rank
#55of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.8×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
3
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

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Top causes

  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 74 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 45 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 36 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS120 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)64 non-fatal
  • OTHER14 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
2
2025
8
2024
6
2023
9 (1f)
2022
3
2021
6
2020
5
2019
6
2018
7
2017
7
2016
6
2015
2
2014
4
2013
3
2012
3
2011
3
2010
7
2009
5
2008
11
2007
24
2006
43
2005
45
2004
38 (1f)
2003
37
2002
21
2001
27 (1f)
2000
39

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded
Drowning

An employee was operating a CAT 390F excavator in the South Quarry Pit. The machine went into the water and sank to a depth of approximately 25 feet. Consistent with 103K order modifications approved by MSHA, the operator was recovered the following day.

Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WORKING NEAR EDGE OF HIGHWALL FELL 90 FEET AFTER SLIPPING OR STEPPING IN WRONG DIRECTION.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN BIN AS MATERIAL WAS BEING DISCHARGED.