Mining Incidents

Owl's Head Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Freeport, Walton County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801317

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
35
citations
13
significant & substantial
$14,604
proposed penalties
$14,604
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
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 398 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 340 2 0 5882.4
2007 Q3 460 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

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

October 26, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Owl's Head Sod Farm, LTD, LLP · Fall from machine

Employee passed out and fell approximately 8 feet off of the top platform off an off-road dump truck (onto sand ground). Employee injured head and bruised ribs. Employee was transported to local emergency room where he was tested over the legal alcohol limt.