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De Soto Sand and Shell: 50 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Patco Contractors · Surface
Controlled by Patrick A McLaughlin
Racadia, De Soto County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801332

De Soto Sand and Shell has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
50
citations
11
significant & substantial
$9,622
proposed penalties
$7,356
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,266 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
21
inspections on record
248
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: 248 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

De Soto Sand and Shell has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-05-03.
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.
22.9%
significant & substantial
41.7%
high negligence or reckless
22.9%
reasonably likely or greater
60.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.2% low, 54.2% moderate, 41.7% 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: 2009-10-15, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-10-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2009-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2004-12-14 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.
Ownership history
  1. De Soto Sand and Shell, LLC 2004 to 2005
  2. Patco Contractors 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 4
2006 8
2005 4
2004 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

De Soto Sand and Shell sits in DeSoto 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.
DeSoto County, Florida · Population 34,719
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,868
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
2010 Q2 0 1 0
2010 Q1 1,694 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,490 1 1 671.1
2009 Q3 1,022 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 998 11 3 11022.0
2009 Q1 1,366 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,008 1 0 992.1
2008 Q3 1,448 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 1,617 1 0 618.4
2008 Q1 1,464 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,724 4 2 2320.2
2007 Q3 1,930 4 0 2072.5
2007 Q2 2,007 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,754 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,933 5 0 1271.3
2006 Q3 4,333 6 1 1384.7
2006 Q2 3,344 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,167 5 2 1199.9
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 3,940 9 2 2284.3
2005 Q2 4,763 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,300 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,187 2 0 385.6

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.