Mining Incidents

ROCKY CREEK MINE AND MILL Metal/Non-Metal

Dolomite Inc · Surface
Controlled by Dorothy Baxter
Marianna, Jackson County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0800086

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
171
citations
64
significant & substantial
$77,719
proposed penalties
$71,677
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 12,247 1 0 81.7
2025 Q3 12,946 1 1 77.2
2025 Q2 12,873 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11,545 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 11,601 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 12,569 1 0 79.6
2024 Q2 11,559 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,453 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2023 · 1 incident

June 29, 2023 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dolomite Inc · Struck against a moving object

An accident occurred this day at 8:36 a.m. when the operator of the wheeled front end loader (Komatsu WA500 #YL1) was ejected from the cab and landed on the ground next to the rear tire of the loader. The operator was in the process of loading an off-road haul truck at the shot material stockpile, when an approximately 1.75-inch hydraulic line for the bucket lift cylinder failed.

2011 · 1 incident

October 14, 2011 FL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Dolomite Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was trimming oak trees out of planted pine trees with a set of lopers and a chain saw. He let the chain saw get into the lower left front of his leg, causing a 1&1/2 inch laceration.

2009 · 2 incidents

August 4, 2009 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dolomite Inc · Struck by falling object

EE and co-worker were attaching a Batwing Mower to a 5400 John Deere Farm tractor. EE had put on the PTO Shaft and pulled backward on the shaft to make sure it was locked on. The shaft slipped off and dropped about 6", mashing and cutting the tip of his little finger on his left hand. He was transported to Jackson Hospital by a company vehicle.

May 12, 2009 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dolomite Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Four men were on the ground prying with a 16 ft bar trying to turn a 36 in crusher drive pulley. The prybar was placed behing a bolt and against the pulley. The bar slipped off the bolt and the bar moved toward injured and he started to fall backward. He rotated to catch on his hands and his right leg came across a bar laying on the ground.

2003 · 1 incident

February 19, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dolomite Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING ON AN AIR OPERATED GREASE PUMP. GREASE PUMP HAD AIR LEAK. PLACED HAND NEAR TO SEE WHERE AIR WAS COMING FROM AND THE AIR PISTON CAME DOWN AND MASHED FINGERS. THE AMPUTATION WAS JUST BEL OW THE NAIL OF MIDDLE FINGER, 1ST KNUCKLE.