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Floridin Company operator

Controlled by Engelhard Corp

MSHA operator ID: L00578

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 47
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 1983–1986

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 20 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 8 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 8 non-fatal
MACHINERY 4 non-fatal
OTHER 3 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1986

1985

1984

1983

17 (1f)

Mines on record

GADSDEN COUNTY MINE FL
Quincy Plant and Mines FL

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

January 25, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Floridin Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING UNDER THE MAN-LIFT PLATFORM (WHICH WAS NOT RUNNING) SOMEONE AT ANOTHER FLOOR LEVEL TURNED THE MAN-LIFT ON. THUS, EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND THE MAN-LIFT STEP. BROKEN RIBS RIGHT & LEFT SIDE; COLLAPSED RIGHT LUNG, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED LEFT LUNG; CHIPPED 1 VERTEBRE IN BACK: 2 BONES BROKEN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

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