citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 174 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ben Clark Sand has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-03-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2006
1
2005
3
2004
2
2003
2
2002
2
2001
2
2000
3
1999
4
1998
5
1997
3
1996
3
1995
20
1994
19
1993
19
1992
17
1991
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Ben Clark Sand sits in Santa Rosa County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Santa Rosa County, Florida · Population 193,719
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$88,968
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1
553
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
723
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
904
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
945
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
846
3
0
3546.1
2004 Q4
1,062
1
0
941.6
2004 Q3
1,119
2
0
1787.3
2004 Q2
1,235
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1
1,312
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,247
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,535
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,292
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,232
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,296
1
0
771.6
2002 Q3
1,301
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,665
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,480
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,568
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
690
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
616
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
972
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,907
12
2
6292.6
2000 Q3
1,935
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,992
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,789
3
3
1075.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
2004 · 1 incident
December 1, 2004FL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerOTHER
Employee was operating excavator and had massive heart attack. It was unknown to the employer, but employee's family members say he had heart attack the week before as well.
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2000 · 2 incidents
June 5, 2000FL · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
February 5, 1998FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT