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BLACKHAWK QUARRY: 81 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Andrew R Machata
Palm Bay, Brevard County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800992

BLACKHAWK QUARRY has $13K 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
12
Years on record
1984–2003
Latest incident
May 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
81
citations
31
significant & substantial
$13,095
proposed penalties
$13,095
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Blackhawk Quarry Company Of Florida Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
349
inspection hours
n/a
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: 349 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BLACKHAWK QUARRY has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
80 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-02-24.
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.
38.8%
significant & substantial
2.5%
high negligence or reckless
38.8%
reasonably likely or greater
77.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.0% low, 92.5% moderate, 2.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2004-06-09, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2004-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2002-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2001-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2001-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2001-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

BLACKHAWK QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.

Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.31 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 4.05 4.05 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 13.39 4.46 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Blackhawk Quarry Company Of Florida Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 17
2004 23
2003 22
2002 20
2001 21
2000 24
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BLACKHAWK QUARRY sits in Brevard County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Brevard County, Florida · Population 620,533
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$75,817
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, 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
2005 Q3 8,268 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,847 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,418 8 0 950.3
2004 Q4 11,153 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 12,621 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 13,035 7 4 537.0
2004 Q1 13,817 2 2 144.7
2003 Q4 13,224 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3 12,715 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 12,217 5 2 409.3
2003 Q1 11,255 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 11,855 8 2 674.8
2002 Q3 11,065 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 12,036 2 2 166.2
2002 Q1 11,324 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 10,711 9 2 840.3
2001 Q3 11,435 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 11,042 7 2 633.9
2001 Q1 11,605 10 4 861.7
2000 Q4 13,070 1 0 76.5
2000 Q3 13,075 14 8 1070.7
2000 Q2 13,126 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 12,315 7 2 568.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2003 · 1 incident

May 21, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal
Blackhawk Quarry Company Of Florida Inc · -

EE WAS MOVING THE LARGE WOODEN BLOCKS THAT THE QUARRY'S PORTABLE CRUSHING UNIT SITS ON, HE PULLED HIS BACK IN THE PROCESS AND NOW HAS PAIN DOWN HIS LEG.

2001 · 3 incidents

October 7, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackhawk Quarry Company Of Florida Inc · Struck against stationary object

USING A SHOVEL TO LOOSEN A ROCK. HAND SLIPPED AND HIT A STEEL BEAM. BROKE A BONE IN RIGHT HAND.

August 2, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackhawk Quarry Company Of Florida Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CHANGING TRACKS ON THE BACKHOE-TRYING TO HIT IT TO GET THE OLD TRACKS OFF AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW AND HIT HIM INT HE THIGH. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HSPITAL WHERE HE HAD THE PIECE OF METAL REMOVED AND HIS THIGH STITCHES.

August 2, 2001 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blackhawk Quarry Company Of Florida Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING INT HE SAME AREA AS A FELLOW EE THAT WAS WORKING ONT HE TRACKS ON DOMATSU BACKHOE. WHILE THE OTHER EE WAS BANGING ON THE TRACKS TO REMOVE THEM A STRAY PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM IN THE HIP AND IMBEDED IN HIS ABDOMEN- HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ORTHO SURGER LEFT THE METAL IN.

1997 · 1 incident

1996 · 2 incidents

January 19, 1996 FL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Blackhawk Quarry Company Of Florida Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS BURNNG A PIN ON A TRACTOR AND SOME MOLTED METAL FLEW INTO THE WELDING GLOVE ON HIS RIGHT HAND. HERECEIVED A 2ND DEGREE BURN ON HIS RIGHT HAND. WAS UNABLE TO USE HAND AND RETURN TO WOR K UNTI THE 8TH OF FEBRUARY 1996.

1993 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

1991 · 2 incidents

September 9, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blackhawk Quarry Company Of Florida Inc · Fall from machine

WAS GETTING ON THE LOADER AND FOOT SLIPPED DUE TO RAIN AND TWISTED LEFT SIDE OF BACK TO PREVENT FALL.

1984 · 1 incident

January 3, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blackhawk Quarry Company Of Florida Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PRY A ROCK OUT OF THE CRUSHER WITH A PRY BAR THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD EMPLOYEE WAS TAKNE TO HOSPITAL AND HOSPITALIZED ON THE FOLLOWING EVENING 010 484 FOR SURGERY ON HIS FOREHEAD