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Bonita Grande Aggregates: 346 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

BG Mine LLC · Surface
Bonita Springs, Lee County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801198

Bonita Grande Aggregates has $150K in proposed MSHA penalties and $40K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1999–2018
Latest incident
Feb 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
346
citations
126
significant & substantial
$149,633
proposed penalties
$90,090
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $59,543 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See BG Mine LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
82
inspections on record
1,801
inspection hours
19.2
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.
346 citations across 1,801 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-11-01.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Bonita Grande Aggregates has $150K in proposed MSHA penalties and $40K outstanding across 6 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.
$150K
proposed penalties
$130K
current assessed
$90K
paid to date
$40K
outstanding
339 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $81K in penalties contested before the Commission, $61K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-11.
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.
37.1%
significant & substantial
16.2%
high negligence or reckless
37.4%
reasonably likely or greater
55.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.5% low, 80.3% moderate, 16.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
39 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 37 · 95%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 3%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 3%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 20 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$81K proposed, $61K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2015-10-05.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2004-227M Settlement Bulluck 2005 $45K → $26K
SE 2010-459M Default Paez 2012 $18K → $18K
SE 2010-460M Settlement Rae 2013 $8K → $8K
SE 2016-0002 Settlement Lesnick 2016 $8K → $8K
SE 2006-307 Settlement Lesnick 2007 $2K → $2K
SE 2007-121M Vacate Bulluck 2007 $475 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2023-10-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
47
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg34
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (47)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2023-10-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-10-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Utility Man
2023-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2020-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2020-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2020-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Oiler, Greaser
2020-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2018-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2018-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2016-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2016-11-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2016-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2014-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Oiler, Greaser
2014-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2014-12-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Bobcat Operator
2014-12-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Utility Man
2014-12-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.97 10 0.10 Oiler, Greaser
2014-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2014-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2014-12-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Cleanup Man
2014-12-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Bobcat Operator
2014-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Clam Shell Operator
2010-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-11-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.25 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-06-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2002-12-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Scale Man
2002-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2001-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.51 0.15 Bulldozer Operator
2001-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2001-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2001-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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.

Bonita Grande Aggregates recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.49 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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 4.67 4.67 0.000
2017 * 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. Bonita Farms & Company Inc 1992 to 1997
  2. Bonita Grande Sand Company 1997 to 2004
  3. Bonita Grande Aggregates 2004 to 2011
  4. Bonita Grande Properties, L.P. 2011 to 2016
  5. BG Mine LLC 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 27
2023 32
2022 35
2021 32
2020 27
2019 19
2018 19
2017 25
2016 36
2015 40
2014 35
2013 28
2012 25
2011 20
2010 20
2009 23
2008 36
2007 49
2006 52
2005 41
2004 54
2003 46
2002 33
2001 20
2000 32
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bonita Grande Aggregates sits in Lee 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.
Lee County, Florida · Population 792,692
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$73,099
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
2024 Q4 14,784 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 18,211 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 18,723 3 0 160.2
2024 Q1 18,099 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 17,762 6 1 337.8
2023 Q3 20,057 2 0 99.7
2023 Q2 20,587 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 20,864 2 0 95.9
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 18,046 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 22,021 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 21,332 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 19,829 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 17,147 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 19,249 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 21,056 1 0 47.5
2021 Q1 19,904 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 15,265 3 0 196.5
2020 Q3 16,359 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 18,722 4 1 213.7
2020 Q1 16,269 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 13,020 9 1 691.2
2019 Q3 12,115 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,788 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 9,746 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 9,261 4 1 431.9
2018 Q3 10,557 2 0 189.4
2018 Q2 11,395 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 11,569 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 10,891 1 1 91.8
2017 Q3 11,528 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 14,556 3 3 206.1
2017 Q1 18,945 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 18,646 4 1 214.5
2016 Q3 21,795 9 2 412.9
2016 Q2 23,003 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 23,275 3 0 128.9
2015 Q4 24,185 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 23,999 11 6 458.4
2015 Q2 24,737 1 0 40.4
2015 Q1 23,148 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 23,153 10 1 431.9
2014 Q3 23,154 11 4 475.1
2014 Q2 23,939 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 19,574 5 0 255.4
2013 Q4 19,541 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 15,279 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 14,173 2 1 141.1
2013 Q1 12,379 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 11,194 5 2 446.7
2012 Q3 13,042 7 3 536.7
2012 Q2 14,053 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 16,108 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 11,361 8 3 704.2
2011 Q3 9,608 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 11,604 3 0 258.5
2011 Q1 10,665 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 12,487 6 2 480.5
2010 Q3 12,033 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,915 2 0 201.7
2010 Q1 9,056 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 12,362 16 3 1294.3
2009 Q3 13,012 10 6 768.5
2009 Q2 11,402 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 11,858 3 1 253.0
2008 Q4 11,093 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 19,684 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 20,237 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 20,460 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 25,724 2 1 77.7
2007 Q3 30,726 3 1 97.6
2007 Q2 31,817 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 39,364 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 34,053 6 1 176.2
2006 Q3 38,582 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 31,093 5 2 160.8
2006 Q1 33,165 6 2 180.9
2005 Q4 24,353 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 30,993 6 2 193.6
2005 Q2 26,883 5 2 186.0
2005 Q1 32,520 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 41,132 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 36,756 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 37,680 3 1 79.6
2004 Q1 36,624 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 37,344 25 23 669.5
2003 Q3 30,264 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 22,944 11 2 479.4
2003 Q1 19,314 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 20,124 14 8 695.7
2002 Q3 29,520 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 15,360 6 1 390.6
2002 Q1 12,600 3 2 238.1
2001 Q4 15,600 4 1 256.4
2001 Q3 4,384 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 12,504 17 12 1359.6
2001 Q1 15,840 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 20,880 12 5 574.7
2000 Q3 5,406 7 3 1294.9
2000 Q2 4,824 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 20,316 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2018 · 1 incident

February 9, 2018 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
BG Mine LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED ABDOMINAL PAIN THAT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY STRAINING SELF. DOCTOR DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA

2016 · 1 incident

July 28, 2016 FL · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BG Mine LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was opening door to the office trailer. A snake went between EE and the front door. EE reacted by turning away from the door quickly. When EE did this EE twisted knee and strained knee.

2014 · 1 incident

August 14, 2014 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Bonita Grande Properties, L.P. · Struck by flying object

Employee was washing spilled material beside a rock crushed. He was 8 feet away from the crusher. A 5 inch rock was ejected from the crusher, fell 12 feet to the ground and landed on his right foot. The rock landed close to his ankle and broke a bone in his right foot.

2008 · 1 incident

January 8, 2008 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Bonita Grande Aggregates · Contact with hot objects or substances

Bad connect of hose to cutting torch, allowed a fire to start. EE was wearing a glove, but only on his right hand which allowed fingers of his left hand to get burned.

2006 · 3 incidents

November 6, 2006 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bonita Grande Aggregates · Fall from machine

While fueling an excavator, he jumped from truck to ground & hurt his ankle.

May 16, 2006 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Bonita Grande Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

Fork lift turned on side when working on pull rope assembly.

2005 · 3 incidents

May 24, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bonita Grande Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN HOLE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

2002 · 2 incidents

November 13, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Bonita Grande Sand Company · Struck by flying object

STONE FROM CRUSHING CAME FROM HAMMERMILL AND GOT IN MINERS EYE. WHEN HE TOOK HIS SAFETY GLASSES OFF TO INSPECT A CONVEYOR BELT BECAUSE WHERE HE HAD TO LOOK WAS IN A DAR AREA AND HIS SAFETY GLA SSES WERE TO DARK TO SEE.

October 11, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Bonita Grande Sand Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE MOTOR ON DRAGLINE DL4 RAN HOT. THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO RELIEVE PRESSURE BY LOOSENING THE CAP ONE NOTCH, BUT THE CAP BLEW OFF, CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT ARM, CHEST AND FACE.

2000 · 2 incidents

November 8, 2000 FL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bonita Grande Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHECKING HIS HYDRAULIC LEFT ON HIS TRUCK. HE WENT UNDER THE LIFTED BED OF TRUCK AND THE BED FELL ON HIM. IT TRAPPED HIM AND RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.

1999 · 1 incident

December 3, 1999 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bonita Grande Sand Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS REFUELING HIS LOADER AND FELL. HE HURT HIS RIBS AND BACK.