Mining Incidents

BLACKHAWK QUARRY 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.
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.
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 15 9 1147.2
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

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

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

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