The employee was contaminated with dust in their eyes.
Florida Lime Metal/Non-Metal
Florida Lime has $90K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 17 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 49
- Years on record
- 1983–2012
- Latest incident
- Aug 2012
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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.Florida Lime has $90K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 17 contested dockets.
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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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,076 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 830 | 2 | 0 | 2409.6 |
| 2018 Q4 | 939 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 861 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 969 | 1 | 0 | 1032.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 962 | 1 | 1 | 1039.5 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q4 | 1,088 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 851 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,155 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,005 | 9 | 2 | 8955.2 |
| 2016 Q4 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,146 | 1 | 0 | 466.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 5,027 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 4,349 | 5 | 3 | 1149.7 |
| 2015 Q4 | 6,066 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 5,918 | 10 | 0 | 1689.8 |
| 2015 Q2 | 11,753 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 9,744 | 2 | 0 | 205.3 |
| 2014 Q4 | 9,687 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 14,496 | 2 | 0 | 138.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 4,304 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 4,043 | 2 | 0 | 494.7 |
| 2013 Q4 | 4,049 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 4,039 | 1 | 0 | 247.6 |
| 2013 Q2 | 3,547 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 3,905 | 6 | 2 | 1536.5 |
| 2012 Q4 | 3,387 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 3,819 | 2 | 0 | 523.7 |
| 2012 Q2 | 5,400 | 5 | 1 | 925.9 |
| 2012 Q1 | 5,271 | 5 | 0 | 948.6 |
| 2011 Q4 | 6,307 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 8,011 | 15 | 2 | 1872.4 |
| 2011 Q2 | 6,793 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 5,167 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 4,520 | 13 | 4 | 2876.1 |
| 2010 Q3 | 5,312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 6,048 | 2 | 1 | 330.7 |
| 2010 Q1 | 4,931 | 2 | 1 | 405.6 |
| 2009 Q4 | 4,012 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 3,842 | 4 | 2 | 1041.1 |
| 2009 Q2 | 2,125 | 1 | 1 | 470.6 |
| 2009 Q1 | 10,295 | 14 | 9 | 1359.9 |
| 2008 Q4 | 10,375 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 12,678 | 8 | 1 | 631.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 13,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 13,978 | 3 | 1 | 214.6 |
| 2007 Q4 | 14,369 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 16,843 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 11,970 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 14,508 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 14,249 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 12,327 | 1 | 1 | 81.1 |
| 2006 Q2 | 11,741 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 10,529 | 1 | 1 | 95.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 11,719 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 13,386 | 2 | 1 | 149.4 |
| 2005 Q2 | 11,533 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 7,865 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 8,470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 9,070 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 8,592 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 11,192 | 1 | 0 | 89.3 |
| 2003 Q4 | 10,435 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 15,687 | 1 | 0 | 63.7 |
| 2003 Q2 | 15,446 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 13,900 | 1 | 0 | 71.9 |
| 2002 Q4 | 15,557 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 12,405 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 13,316 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 11,862 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 12,507 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 14,763 | 1 | 0 | 67.7 |
| 2001 Q2 | 15,404 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 11,445 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 14,329 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 15,274 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 16,159 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 12,049 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
49 on file2012 · 1 incident
2010 · 1 incident
The employee was unblocking a feeder duct with water and air. When the employee applied air pressure, suddenly hot water comes out of the duct affecting his right forearm resulting in first and second degree burns.
2009 · 5 incidents
While the pump's material flew and hit right eye.
The employee was taking the cement out of the big bags, when suddenly slipped, making contact with a forklift.
The employee was making machine inspection on the Big Bags Machine, when he turned around suddenly and hit the forks of the forklift.
The employee was trying to repair a machine in movement and he was punctured with machine's grill.
The employee was verifiying the process equipment, suddenly a release of florida lime blew in his face and the left eye.
2003 · 3 incidents
EE WAS STACKING FILLED LIME BAGS AT THE PACKING HOUSE AREA. SUDDENLY A BAG BROKE AND LIME DUST FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING AN IRRITATION. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS SHOVELING CEMENT DUST THROUGH A HOLE ON THE METAL CASING OF A SCREW CONVEYOR. SUDDENLY THE SHOVEL SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS, HIT THE SCREW CONVEYOR AND REBOUNDED HITTING HIS UPPER LIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING LIME FILLED BAGS FROM ONE WOOD PALLET TO ANOTHER ONE. SUDDENLY HE SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR AND FELL CAUSING HIM PAIN IN HIS LEFT THIGH WHEN HE TRIED TO BALANCE HIS BODY TO AVOI D THE FALL.
2002 · 1 incident
EE WAS FILLING CEMENT BIG BAGS WITH A SHOVEL. AFTER A WHILE HE BEGAN TO FEEL BACK PAIN. THE EE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT ON 9-13-02.
2001 · 3 incidents
EE WAS REMOVING THE CRUSHING PLANT'S SCREENS. AFTER A WHILE HE BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST.
EE WAS PERFORMING CLEANING DUTIES WITH ANIRON BAR ON THE SECOND FLOOR AT THE CRUSHING PLANT. ACCIDENTALLY HE HIT A HANDRAIL WITH HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER CAUSING HIM AN OPEN WOUND.
EE WAS WORKING IN THE LABORATORY WHEN HE APPARENTLY SUFFERED A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. HIS CONDUCT BECAM UNCONTROLLABLE AND VIOLENT. DURING THIS PERIOD HE SPILT CHEMICAL LIME IN WHICH HE ROLLED IN CAUSING 3RD DEGREE BURNS.
2000 · 1 incident
EE WAS SHOVELING CEMENT INTO A BIG BAG AT LIME PLANT PACKING HOUSE. A FEW HRS LATER HE BEGAN TO FEEL BACK PAIN
1999 · 1 incident
EE WAS PACKING LIME AT LIME PLANT PACKING HOUSE. LATER HE BEGAN TO FEEL ITCHING ON HIS WRISTS, RIGHT LEG AND THIGH AND RIGHT SIDE AT THE ABDOEMN WHICH RESULTED IN A RASH.
1998 · 3 incidents
HE WAS COORDINATING THE REPAIR OF A BROKEN PUMP AND PIPING SYSTEM IN THE LIME PLANT. WHEN HE WAS WALKING TO THE OFFICE HE SLIPPED ON A WET FLOOR AND FELL CAUSING HIM A TRAUMA IN THE HEAD, LOW BACK AND RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE RAYMOND MILL MACHINE WITH EMPLOYEE. WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A COUPLING, EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTALLY HIT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT RING FINGER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER HE WAS USING TO DRIVE THE COUPLING INTO PLACE.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIR WAY FROM HIS PACKING STATION WHEN HE MISSED STEPED WITH HIS LEFT FOOT AND DISLOCATED HIS ANKLE.
1997 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING HIS TURN TO FILL A BIG BAG OF LIME ON A FINGERLIFT TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING WHEN HE FELT A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS INSTALLING HANDRAILS AT TH ELIPPMAN CRUSH RWHEN HE FLET A FOREIN BODY IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
1996 · 3 incidents
EE HEAD WAS STRUCK BY THE KILN BURNER'S COAL FEED PIPE WHEN THE BURNER ROTATED DURING IT SINSTALLATION. EE WA ASSISTING IN THE INSTALLATION OF THE BURNER AND WAS WEARING A HARD HAT.
EMP POKED HIS LEFT EYE WITH A LIMB WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP SAFETY GLASSES WHICH HAD FALLEN WHILE HE WAS CUTTING BUSHES (YARD CLEANING).
EE BURNT HIS ARMS AND NECK WITH STEAM WHEN HE LIFTED THE PUG MILL'S LID TO INSPECT THE CONVEYOR PADDLES.
1995 · 12 incidents
EE WAS WALKING IN THE PACKING AREA, SLIPPED & WITH A STAIR HIT HIS LEFT ARM.
EE WAS GOING TO TELL WORK INSTRUCTION TO HIS WORKERS, HE SLIPPED, FALLING ONTHE FLOOR RECEIVING THE IMPACT ON HIS BACK AND HEAD.
INJURED WAS IN THE LIME PACKING AREA AND WHEN HE BENT TO TAKE AN EMPTY BAG,WHEN HE RAISED,START HAVING LOW BACK,PAIN.
EE WAS ARRANGING LIME BAG ON THE FINGER LIFT WHEN HE BEGAN TO FEEL DIZZINESS.
EE WAS ARRANGING LIME BAGS IN THE WAREHOUSE AREA. A LIME BAG BROKE WHEN HE WAS MOVING BAGS THE THE LIME DUST FELL IN HIS EYES.
EMP WAS PACKING LIME, SOME LIME FELL ON HIS NECKARM AND LEFT WRIST.
INJURED WAS DOING CLEANING DUTIES AT THE MILL #13, PICKING UP WITH SHOVEL THE LIME EXPEL FROM THE MILL, SOME OF THAT LIME COVER HIS ARMS.
EE WAS FILLING UP LIME BAGS HE FELT MATERIAL OVER HIS HAND & WRIST NOTICING ABRASSIONS
EE WAS PACKING LIME BAGS AND THE LIME DUST INFLECTED HIM ABRASSION OVER HIS HANDS AND WRISTS.
EE WAS FILLING UP LIME BAGS, WHEN SOME AMTERIAL FELL OVER BOTH ARMS, CAUSING ABRASSIONS.
EE WAS FILLING UP LIME BAGS HE COVERED HIS HANDS WITH SOME CLOTH WHEN HE REMOVED THAAT CLOTHS NOTICE AN ABRASSIONS
EE DOING EQUIPMENT REPAIR. EE WAS IN AN AREA WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, PERMISSION, NOTIFICATION ANDUNFULFILLED THE INSTRUCTIONS UPON THE USE OF HISOCK-OUT & TAG OUT. HE CAME OUT OF THE AREA QUICK LY WHEN NOTIFIED WITHOUT ANY PHYSICAL HARM. THE NEXT DAY HE COMPLAINED OF HAVING PAIN ING POSTERIOR PART OF THE NECK & FELLING NERVOUS. HE WAS SENT TO THE INSURANCE FUND FOR EVALUATION & MED.
1994 · 2 incidents
EE WAS LOADING LIME TUCKS IN THE DELIVERY AREA WHEN SUDDENLY LIME FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE DELIVERY AREA TO THE FLOOR, PRODUCING A LIME DUST & MIST SPLASH AFFECTING HIS EYES.
EE WAS REMOVING THE TRANSMISSION CAP FROM THE RAYMOND MILL WHEN SUDDENLY THE TRANSMISSION CAP SLIDE & HIT HIM IN THE RT LEG
1992 · 1 incident
DRILLING A STEEL BEAM WITH A HAND DRILL. SUDDENLY A METAL PARTICLE INCRUST LEFT EYE.
1991 · 1 incident
WHEN HE FINISHED HIS WORKING DAY, HE WAS GETTING ON THE #80 TRUCK. THAT TRUCK ON THE BACK PART HAD A STEEL BEAM ACROSS THAT AREA. WHEN HE IMPULSE HIMSELF INTO THE TRUCK HIS HEAD RECEIVED AN IM PACT WITH THAT BEAM.
1990 · 1 incident
HE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE STAIR BETWEEN THE NUMBER ONE AND TWO SEPARATORS. HE SLIDE ON ONE STEP, FALL DOWN AND HIT HIS BACK.
1988 · 1 incident
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PACKING LIME TYPE "S" AT THE MO MENT OF THE ACCIDENT. AFTER PLACING A BAG IN ONE OF THE NOZZLES, IT SUDDENLY BURST AFTER PARTIALLY FILLED. SOME LIME FELT INTO HIS EYES CAUS ING HIM IRRITATION AND A CHEMICAL BURN IN HIS LEFT EYE.
1987 · 3 incidents
HE WAS WASHING 7HAMBER 1 OF THE LIME HYDRATOR WITH A HOSE. THE PRESSURE OF THE HOSE CAUSED THE HYDRATED LIME TO COME OUT OF THE CHAMBER, FALLING ON BOTH EYES AND AFFECTING SERIOUSLY THE LEFT E
HE WAS WORKING 3NT HE TUNNEL FIXING THE WATER PUMP WHEN HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRWAY THAT LEADS TO THE DITCH HE SLIPPED IN THE LAST STEP HURTING HIS LEFT ANKLE
HE CLAIMS THAT 7HE CONTRACT WITH THE LIME DUST, HAS CAUSED HIM A PULMONARY SICKNESS.
1985 · 2 incidents
AROUND 1:20 PM 2E WAS WORKING WITH THE EQUIPMENT OF THE KILN WHEN I.NAME CAME WITH AN OBJECT FROM THE STAIRWAY LOCATED IN THE SOUTH SIDE I.NAME ASKED I.NAME WHETHER HE RESENTED THAT THE PREVI OUS DAY HE WAS 9ELIEVED LATE I.NAME ANSWERED THAT HE WAS RELIEVED LATE I.NAME ASNWERED THAT HE WAS RELIEVED LATE I.NAME TOOK OUT AN OBJECT WITH WHICH HE HIT I.NAME VARIOUS TIMES IN THE HEAD AN
WHILE HE WAS CLIMBING TO THE BAS OF THE ELECTRIC MOTOR OF THE COAL PUMP IN THE LIME PLANT HE SLIPPED, FELL TO THE FLOOR FROM AN APPROX. HEIGHT OF FOUR FEET, AND SUFFERED CONTUSIONS IN THE RIGH T HAND WRIST, NECK, SHOULDER AND RIGHT THIGH.
1984 · 1 incident
HE CLAIMS HE WAS TRYING TO TURN THE FLYWHEEL OF THE JAW CRUSHER OF THE LIME PLANT AND WHEN HE STUMBLED INTO HIS FELLOW WORKER HE FELL FROM A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 10 FT HE SUFFERED INJURIES TO N NOSE, RT HAND AND FACE BOTH ARMS AND LEFT LEG HE WAS WORKING IN SMALL AREA AND FELL FORWARD HE WAS TAKEN TO DR PILAS HOSPITAL
1983 · 1 incident
HE WAS TIGHTING A PIPE IN THE HOOD OF THE LIME PLANT WHEN HE FELT A SPRAIN IN HIS RIGHT ARM
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