Mining Incidents

Cypress Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Davenport, Polk County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0801441

Cypress Sand has $298 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
2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$298
proposed penalties
$298
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
6
inspections on record
67
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: 67 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cypress Sand has $298 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.
$298
proposed penalties
$298
current assessed
$298
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-04.
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
2025 Q4 7,372 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,498 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,288 1 1 107.7
2025 Q1 8,893 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,874 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,777 1 0 113.9
2024 Q2 8,184 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,244 0 0 0.0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,089 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,354 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,210 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,451 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,205 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

March 22, 2024 FL · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
I-4 Sand Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was assisting in re-installing the cutter head on the dredge. While threading the cutter head onto the shaft, the chain that was around the cutter head slipped/tightened allowing a chain link to roll and pinch EE's left pinky finger in the chain links. This resulted in a degloving/open tuft facture to the left pinky finger requiring medical treatment.

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