Bell Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Earth Tech Enterprises
· Surface
Controlled by
Christopher L Gehring
Fort Myers,
Lee County,
FL
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0801443
Bell Mine has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
31
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,152
proposed penalties
$6,152
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
14
inspections on record
176
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 176 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bell Mine has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 5,488 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 12,229 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 17,339 | 2 | 1 | 115.3 |
| 2025 Q1 | 17,378 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 15,100 | 7 | 2 | 463.6 |
| 2024 Q3 | 14,273 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 12,332 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 12,961 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 8,568 | 10 | 3 | 1167.1 |
| 2023 Q3 | 10,623 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 12,854 | 2 | 0 | 155.6 |
| 2023 Q1 | 9,729 | 6 | 2 | 616.7 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.