Caribbean Blue Stone Metal/Non-Metal
Far South Mining LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Zachary Tausch; Vernon Tausch
St. Crox,
St Croix County,
VI
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5500013
Caribbean Blue Stone has $123K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
194
citations
84
significant & substantial
$123,259
proposed penalties
$96,025
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27,234 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
117
inspections on record
1,147
inspection hours
16.9
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.194 citations across 1,147 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Caribbean Blue Stone has $123K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 7 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$123K
proposed penalties
$115K
current assessed
$96K
paid to date
$19K
outstanding
178 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 3,267 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,124 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,830 | 2 | 0 | 706.7 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,456 | 1 | 0 | 289.4 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,695 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,020 | 1 | 0 | 331.1 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,591 | 2 | 1 | 556.9 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 3,000 | 1 | 0 | 333.3 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,916 | 2 | 0 | 685.9 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,461 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,403 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,265 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,550 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,528 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,641 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,752 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 3,111 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,681 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 3,203 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 3,636 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 3,579 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 3,409 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,442 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,238 | 1 | 1 | 308.8 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,083 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,971 | 2 | 0 | 673.2 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,449 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 4,301 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 4,284 | 4 | 2 | 933.7 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,807 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,949 | 2 | 1 | 678.2 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,637 | 3 | 1 | 824.9 |
| 2015 Q1 | 4,081 | 10 | 2 | 2450.4 |
| 2014 Q4 | 4,262 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 4,304 | 18 | 9 | 4182.2 |
| 2014 Q2 | 4,868 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 2,904 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,675 | 11 | 3 | 2993.2 |
| 2013 Q3 | 4,435 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 4,633 | 3 | 2 | 647.5 |
| 2013 Q1 | 4,846 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 3,930 | 6 | 1 | 1526.7 |
| 2012 Q3 | 4,362 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 6,865 | 4 | 1 | 582.7 |
| 2012 Q1 | 5,157 | 5 | 3 | 969.6 |
| 2011 Q4 | 7,960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 8,675 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 6,292 | 6 | 3 | 953.6 |
| 2011 Q1 | 6,908 | 4 | 1 | 579.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 8,174 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 6,770 | 3 | 0 | 443.1 |
| 2010 Q2 | 6,250 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 7,163 | 8 | 3 | 1116.9 |
| 2009 Q4 | 7,213 | 1 | 0 | 138.6 |
| 2009 Q3 | 6,500 | 5 | 2 | 769.2 |
| 2009 Q2 | 6,105 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 5,016 | 7 | 1 | 1395.5 |
| 2008 Q4 | 4,231 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 6,739 | 4 | 1 | 593.6 |
| 2008 Q2 | 8,537 | 3 | 2 | 351.4 |
| 2008 Q1 | 7,448 | 4 | 2 | 537.1 |
| 2007 Q4 | 11,630 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 14,226 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 9,041 | 7 | 4 | 774.3 |
| 2007 Q1 | 6,515 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 7,250 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 5,643 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 6,579 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 5,375 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 4,878 | 1 | 0 | 205.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 5,554 | 1 | 1 | 180.1 |
| 2005 Q2 | 4,002 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 5,820 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 7,034 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 6,234 | 3 | 2 | 481.2 |
| 2004 Q2 | 5,656 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 4,266 | 6 | 0 | 1406.5 |
| 2003 Q4 | 2,588 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 2,138 | 5 | 0 | 2338.6 |
| 2003 Q2 | 3,868 | 3 | 1 | 775.6 |
| 2003 Q1 | 3,419 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 3,699 | 2 | 2 | 540.7 |
| 2002 Q3 | 4,497 | 2 | 1 | 444.7 |
| 2002 Q2 | 4,185 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 5,070 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 3,652 | 8 | 3 | 2190.6 |
| 2001 Q3 | 5,244 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 5,610 | 7 | 7 | 1247.8 |
| 2001 Q1 | 7,240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 7,827 | 4 | 3 | 511.1 |
| 2000 Q3 | 7,749 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 8,640 | 22 | 18 | 2546.3 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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