Mining Incidents

NEWBERRY LIMESTONE Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Floyd S Salser III
CHIEFLAND, Alachua County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0800761

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2002–2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
256
citations
87
significant & substantial
$157,883
proposed penalties
$157,576
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 9,945 2 1 201.1
2025 Q3 10,734 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,770 4 0 371.4
2025 Q1 10,482 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 9,004 4 0 444.2
2024 Q3 6,098 1 0 164.0
2024 Q2 7,777 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,614 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

12 on file

2023 · 3 incidents

August 8, 2023 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker STRIKING OR BUMPING
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

employee was under belt and stood up and hit their head

April 5, 2023 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

Roof of tractor came unattached and fell in cab

2009 · 1 incident

July 9, 2009 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

Was lifting assyaline bottle and it slipped and landed on big toe.

2008 · 1 incident

October 30, 2008 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Limerock Industries Inc · Fall from machine

climbed up on hand rail to put water in radiator on crusher motor, hand rail was wet and slipped and fell, landed on ground on his feet and broke is right heal.

2007 · 5 incidents

September 13, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee was hammering tooth of off dragline bucket an a piece of metat hit him in the forehead

July 2, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator was drilling holes for dynamite tubes and water hose came loose on top of kelly bar and landed on his left shoulder causing a bruise.

June 2, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

Operator was drilling holes for dynamite tubes and water hose came loose on top of kelly bar and landed on his left shoulder causing a bruise.

April 23, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was hooking front end loader to crusher and middle right hand finger was cut.

April 5, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Limerock Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was getting out of mack haul truck and when his foot hit the ground his right knee popped.

2005 · 1 incident

October 12, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Dragline operator was dumping bucket of rock, when it hit pile the material spattered mud and rock back toward dragline and the rock hit his left wrist it broke the skin and wrist swelled up. Back to work on monday 11/14/05.

2002 · 1 incident

February 6, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Limerock Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPING WITH THE HAMMERMILL CRUSHER EE WAS PUTTING IN SHACKER BARS IN PULLING GROIN AREA.