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Brown Ranch Mine: 117 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Nick T Stewart
Ft. Pierce, St Lucie County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801148

Brown Ranch Mine has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1994–2018
Latest incident
Apr 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
117
citations
30
significant & substantial
$20,742
proposed penalties
$20,742
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Stewart Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
813
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: 813 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Brown Ranch Mine has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
113 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-03-26.
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.
26.5%
significant & substantial
14.2%
high negligence or reckless
26.5%
reasonably likely or greater
53.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.4% low, 73.5% moderate, 14.2% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 67%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $300 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 2012-03-26.
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 2009-997M Dismissal Melick 2011 $200 → $200
SE 2012-364M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
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: 2019-03-26, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg17
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (19)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Road Grader Operator
2019-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2019-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2014-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2014-10-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2013-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2013-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.52 10 0.05 Mechanic
2009-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2001-01-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2001-01-18 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.

Brown Ranch Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.

Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ 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 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.77 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
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 4.51 4.51 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. Stewart Materials, LLC 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 2
2020 4
2019 6
2018 7
2017 5
2016 7
2015 13
2014 16
2013 19
2012 18
2011 16
2010 15
2009 16
2008 18
2007 26
2006 29
2005 24
2004 16
2003 12
2002 11
2001 10
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Brown Ranch Mine sits in St. Lucie County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
St. Lucie County, Florida · Population 346,237
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,027
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
2021 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 565 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 556 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,725 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,603 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,139 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 981 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,121 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 2,922 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,046 1 0 328.3
2018 Q4 2,268 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,274 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,812 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,047 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,827 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,415 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,364 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,424 1 0 292.1
2016 Q4 3,235 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,789 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,811 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,754 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,657 2 1 261.2
2015 Q3 6,501 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8,486 1 0 117.8
2015 Q1 6,771 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,277 1 0 137.4
2014 Q3 8,002 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 9,138 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8,549 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 8,521 7 1 821.5
2013 Q3 11,032 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 11,826 1 0 84.6
2013 Q1 14,049 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 12,679 1 1 78.9
2012 Q3 10,471 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 10,830 1 0 92.3
2012 Q1 10,297 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 9,865 3 1 304.1
2011 Q3 7,501 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 16,196 2 0 123.5
2011 Q1 7,119 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 8,281 2 1 241.5
2010 Q3 10,187 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,229 1 0 108.4
2010 Q1 8,668 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 10,317 2 0 193.9
2009 Q3 9,072 4 0 440.9
2009 Q2 8,714 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,484 2 1 235.7
2008 Q4 10,262 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,453 2 1 211.6
2008 Q2 11,745 1 0 85.1
2008 Q1 12,889 3 0 232.8
2007 Q4 13,117 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 13,080 5 1 382.3
2007 Q2 15,661 1 0 63.9
2007 Q1 19,245 8 2 415.7
2006 Q4 18,168 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 18,947 2 1 105.6
2006 Q2 19,688 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 18,281 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 18,293 3 1 164.0
2005 Q3 7,728 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,023 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10,990 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,579 3 2 283.6
2004 Q3 9,460 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,792 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,910 8 4 1011.4
2003 Q4 6,434 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,905 6 1 868.9
2003 Q2 8,506 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,044 2 0 283.9
2002 Q4 7,355 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,932 10 3 1442.6
2002 Q2 6,152 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,816 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,489 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,182 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,312 2 0 376.5
2001 Q1 6,887 9 0 1306.8
2000 Q4 6,009 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,347 6 3 945.3
2000 Q2 5,774 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,059 1 0 165.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2018 · 1 incident

April 11, 2018 FL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Stewart Materials, LLC · Flash burns (welding)

At approx. 2:00PM on 04/11/18, Employee was welding during the normal course of business. Employee was taking appropriate safety measures. At the time of the incident, Employee did not have any discomfort or pain. However, at approximately 2:30AM on 4/12/18, Employee went to the hospital after significant pain. Employee was diagnosed with UV Keratitis.

2011 · 1 incident

December 14, 2011 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Stewart Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Technician operating Lull forklift (which he is trained on)he backed up & hit a berm in the sand. The lift tipped over sideways, he was wearing all PPG & rode the lift down. He hit his head & bruised his arm but no further injuries & no lost time. Minor accident no chance of death.

2008 · 1 incident

August 21, 2008 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Stewart Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Two men were attempting to move the stacker. They did not follow standard procedure and removed the chock blocks before the loader was there. The wind from Tropical Storm Fay caught the stacker. The men tried to stop the stacker from rolling, but IE slipped and it ran over his right leg crushing it from the knee down. His leg was amputated on 8/25/08 below the knee.

2002 · 1 incident

September 3, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WET & SLIPPERY BATTERY COMPARTMENT COVER SLIPPED AND CUT THE BACK OF THE WORKERS LEFT HAND.

1998 · 2 incidents

July 13, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

CUT RIGHT THIGH ON PIECE OF METAL.

February 25, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Stewart Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIN BEING DRIVEN THROUGH DOZER TRACK-PIECE OF METAL SPLIT OFF AND WENT INTO NECK.

1994 · 1 incident

May 6, 1994 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Stewart Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE CLAIMED WHILE OPERATING A D 8 BULLDOZER THE MOVEMENT INJURED HIS BACK.