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: 812 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Gator Sand Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $386 in penalties contested before the Commission, $136 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-11-03.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 33%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 67%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
65%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$386 proposed, $136 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2021-09-01.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2025-05-06
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (20)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-05-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-05-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-07-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2018-07-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2018-07-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Washer Operator
2018-07-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2014-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2011-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2011-09-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-03-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Sampler, Dust
2010-03-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.57
Welder, etc.
2010-03-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
1.56
0.25
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.
Gator Sand Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.33 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
5.14
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
15
2025
16
2024
17
2023
15
2022
19
2021
16
2020
14
2019
16
2018
15
2017
17
2016
15
2015
14
2014
16
2013
15
2012
15
2011
16
2010
12
2009
12
2008
12
2007
14
2006
17
2005
14
2004
14
2003
13
2002
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Gator Sand Mine sits in Polk County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Polk County, Florida · Population 760,961
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,644
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
2026 Q2
8,199
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
8,999
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
10,372
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
9,611
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
9,706
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
9,894
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
10,396
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
10,394
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
11,297
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
10,929
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
10,228
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
10,236
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
9,404
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
10,329
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
10,850
1
0
92.2
2022 Q3
11,931
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
11,185
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
11,391
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
11,079
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
10,089
1
0
99.1
2021 Q2
9,082
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
8,640
2
1
231.5
2020 Q4
9,028
4
1
443.1
2020 Q3
8,139
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
7,173
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,814
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
8,104
2
0
246.8
2019 Q3
8,778
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
9,521
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
9,129
2
0
219.1
2018 Q4
8,435
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
8,631
1
0
115.9
2018 Q2
8,707
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
8,947
2
0
223.5
2017 Q4
9,631
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
8,984
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
9,014
1
0
110.9
2017 Q1
8,014
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
8,379
1
0
119.3
2016 Q3
9,019
1
0
110.9
2016 Q2
8,666
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
8,738
1
0
114.4
2015 Q4
8,435
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
8,278
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
8,299
2
0
241.0
2015 Q1
7,235
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
9,582
1
0
104.4
2014 Q3
9,077
1
0
110.2
2014 Q2
9,586
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
10,058
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
10,354
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
10,005
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
9,236
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
8,698
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
8,678
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
8,331
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
8,624
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
8,469
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
8,380
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
9,498
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
9,673
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
9,386
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
8,309
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
7,181
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
7,032
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
7,080
2
0
282.5
2009 Q4
6,977
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
6,828
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,576
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
7,351
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
7,120
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
7,962
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,629
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5,582
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
8,197
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
8,755
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
8,818
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
10,735
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
12,210
1
0
81.9
2006 Q3
12,516
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
11,715
2
0
170.7
2006 Q1
10,649
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
8,829
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
12,070
4
1
331.4
2005 Q2
9,265
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
10,271
1
0
97.4
2004 Q4
8,801
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,724
1
1
129.5
2004 Q2
7,691
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
8,228
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
9,542
1
1
104.8
2003 Q3
9,846
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,037
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
7,368
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,117
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,583
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,965
3
0
1011.8
2002 Q1
2,965
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2021 · 1 incident
April 11, 2021FL · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was washing up underneath Feed Prep Plant and 2 Inch water hose got away from EE and struck EE on the right foot causing a contusion. Taken to the doctor and given work restrictions. No Fracture, No Lost Time.
2015 · 1 incident
January 28, 2015FL · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was pulling down the Electrical Disconnect Arm at the Dredge/Booster Pump Substation. When he had the arm of the booster pump almost all the way down he lost his grip on the handle of the disconnect arm and the spring tension in the arm threw the arm upwards hitting him in the face just below the nose. Employee sustained a fractured nose and lacerations to his face.
Employee was climbing into the cab of a Catepillar Skid Steer Loader. The employee slipped and fell while he was attempting to access the cab of the machine. The fall resulted in a back and cervical strain. Employee was prescribed meds and placed on light duty
2007 · 1 incident
July 17, 2007FL · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necPOWERED HAULAGE
On 9/5/2006 employee stuck his finger in an air condition unit fan blade located inside the cab of a haul truck and received a minor laceration to his finger. On 9/13/06 the finger was not healing properly and he was taken to the doctor for treatment. The wound was cleaned and he was given antibiotics to prevent an infection.
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