Mining Incidents

Florida Rock Industries, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2020

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Florida Rock Industries, Inc. operations in 2020. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2020
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2020

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  4. 04OTHER1 incident

All incidents in 2020

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on the drill and when EE was finished EE stepped off the counter weight onto the grate platform and slipped and twisted (L)ankle. Employee went home to rest it figured it would be ok and while at home it started to get worse that's when EE decided to see a doctor on 1/18/20.

Struck against stationary object

On 8/11/2020 the employee hit right knee on a metal lip while climbing into screen deck to check screens. The employee reported the injury on 8/25/2020 when employee requested to see a doctor and was diagnosed with a knee sprain.

Struck by flying object

Employee was changing blow bars on a HSI crusher. EE used a small sledge hammer to hit one of the blow bars causing a piece of the blow bar to chip. The piece hit EE just inside EE's right nostril. The employee was taken to the emergency department where the piece of metal was removed and EE was given one stitch.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A Customer Truck Driver had an allergic reaction to a Bee sting.

Fall from machine

Customer Truck Driver, Not a Miner or Contractor: A customer truck driver jumped from the top of the trailer to the ground in an attempt to confront an employee of the mine that was telling customer to get down off the top of the trailer. The driver admittedly knew it was not allowed to climb on the trailer but did so anyway.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Florida Rock Industries, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.