Mining Incidents

De Soto Sand and Shell 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.
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.

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