Mining Incidents

Buck Hammock Mining, LLC: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Buck Hammock Mine · Surface
HOLOPAW, Osceola County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801397

Buck Hammock Mining, LLC has $812 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
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Sep 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
8
citations
0
significant & substantial
$812
proposed penalties
$812
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
11
inspections on record
79
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: 79 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Buck Hammock Mining, LLC has $812 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.
$812
proposed penalties
$812
current assessed
$812
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-09-03.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
37.5%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 37.5% moderate, 37.5% 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: 2013-02-13, 13 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
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.
Ownership history
  1. J L Craggs LLC 2013 to 2013
  2. Buck Hammock Mining Company LLC 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 0
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Buck Hammock Mining, LLC sits in Osceola 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.
Osceola County, Florida · Population 406,943
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,711
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
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 918 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,453 1 0 407.7
2015 Q2 2,843 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,790 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,516 1 0 397.5
2014 Q3 2,080 1 0 480.8
2014 Q2 1,589 0 0 0.0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 1,814 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,944 1 0 514.4
2013 Q3 2,484 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,050 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,620 4 0 2469.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

September 15, 2014 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Buck Hammock Mining Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

Operator was exiting his haul truck. He failed to look down prior to touching the ground and stepped on a rock and sprained his right ankle. The operator is currently on administrative leave for reasons other than the sprained ankle, and will return to work in the next 2-3 weeks.