Ditch 5 Sand Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Babcock Coquina Mine, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Teeraporn Wells; Jeffery Ward Wells
Vero Beach,
Indian River County,
FL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801393
Ditch 5 Sand Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $354 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
28
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,957
proposed penalties
$4,603
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $354 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
14
inspections on record
140
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 140 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ditch 5 Sand Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $354 outstanding across 0 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.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$354
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-06.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 1,652 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 2,183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,049 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,185 | 12 | 1 | 10126.6 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,056 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 597 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 670 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q2 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 774 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 515 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 938 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,330 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,947 | 2 | 0 | 1027.2 |
| 2018 Q1 | 985 | 5 | 1 | 5076.1 |
| 2013 Q1 | 433 | 4 | 1 | 9237.9 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,396 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,993 | 3 | 0 | 1505.3 |
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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