Mining Incidents

Clifton Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Scott Ritchey
Ocala, Marion County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801078

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005–2006
Latest incident
Jan 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
147
citations
53
significant & substantial
$27,743
proposed penalties
$20,769
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
2018 Q4 559 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,437 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,179 5 3 1572.8
2018 Q1 4,581 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,093 5 0 1221.6
2017 Q3 2,762 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,028 1 0 493.1
2017 Q1 3,180 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

2 on file

2006 · 1 incident

January 28, 2006 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Steven Counts Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was servicing a crusher on ground level when a off-road truck was dumping a load of limerock on top of a ramp. A large rock rolled down the hill striking the employee knocking him into a 10 foot pit which was dug under the crusher to catch the screenings. After examination and MRI, patient had torn ligaments and contusions.

2005 · 1 incident

January 20, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Steven Counts Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES THAT EE WAS TRYING TO ROLL THE HAMMER DRUM IN THE ROCK CRUSHER WHILE REPLACING THE BELT. THE DRUM BEGAN TO ROLL PINNING LEFT ANKLE BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ROCK CRUSHER HOPPER. THE EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN LOCK OUT AND TAGGED BUT EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING THE DRUM TO REPLACE THE BELTS.