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Goldhead Sand Plant: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Keystone Heights, Clay County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0800263

Goldhead Sand Plant has $747 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–2023
Latest incident
Jul 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$747
proposed penalties
$747
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Florida Rock Industries Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
68
inspections on record
717
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: 717 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Goldhead Sand Plant has $747 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$747
proposed penalties
$747
current assessed
$747
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $217 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-13.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
37.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 25% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$217 proposed, $0 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 2010-07-22.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2010-987M Withdrawal McCarthy 2011 $117 → $0
SE 2008-619M Withdrawal Lesnick 2010 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2022-12-29, 3 years ago
18
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg17
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-12-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2022-12-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-12-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sand Filler (Wet)
2022-12-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2020-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2016-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2016-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2011-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2009-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sand Filler (Wet)
2004-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-02-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer 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.

Goldhead Sand Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.49 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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 7.49 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Florida Rock Industries Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 8
2024 10
2023 12
2022 9
2021 10
2020 8
2019 8
2018 8
2017 7
2016 5
2015 5
2014 5
2013 5
2012 5
2011 5
2010 5
2009 6
2008 7
2007 7
2006 8
2005 8
2004 6
2003 6
2002 6
2001 7
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Goldhead Sand Plant sits in Clay County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Clay County, Florida · Population 223,436
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$86,094
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 4,404 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,970 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,536 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,627 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,050 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,118 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,662 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,193 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,353 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,196 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,503 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,528 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,227 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,439 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,583 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,464 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,191 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,452 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,269 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,142 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,001 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,027 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,393 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,743 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,164 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,099 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,438 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,173 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,478 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,645 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,596 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,415 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,039 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,004 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,951 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,565 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,729 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,834 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,418 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,017 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,902 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,885 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,699 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,244 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,938 1 0 340.4
2015 Q1 2,966 1 0 337.2
2014 Q4 2,967 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,958 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,717 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,925 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,749 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,923 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,859 1 0 349.8
2013 Q1 2,778 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,485 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,710 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,244 1 0 445.6
2012 Q1 2,211 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,035 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,707 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,768 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,507 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,279 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,560 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,687 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,140 1 0 318.5
2009 Q4 2,680 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,628 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,807 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,343 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,653 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,047 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,998 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,516 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,219 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,239 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,992 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,665 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,373 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,121 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,848 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,589 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,436 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,755 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,460 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,711 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,318 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,692 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,529 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,100 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,036 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,929 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,837 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,687 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,030 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,836 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,928 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,410 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,416 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,319 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,314 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,643 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,160 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,443 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,267 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,102 1 0 196.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2023 · 1 incident

July 20, 2023 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee's pinky was pinched between a winch block and the dredge ladder.

2016 · 1 incident

June 20, 2016 FL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

The employee was attempting to replace a return roller. EE laid the roller on two pieces of angle iron and was resting hand on the conveyor frame while EE waited on someone to come help. For some reason the roller fell off the angle iron and struck EE's hand. This caused an amputation to the distal phalanx on right ring finger.

2002 · 1 incident

January 7, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS INSTALLING MARINE CABLE ON PONTOON. THIS CABLE IS VERY HEAVY AND HAS TO BE LAID ACROSS FLATING PONTOONS WHILE THE EE WAS TRYING TO PUT CABLE ON PONTOON HE FELL IN WORK BOAT AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON EDGE OF BOAT AND KNOCKED HIS SHOULDER OUT OF THE JOINT.

2000 · 1 incident

December 13, 2000 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED ON FLOATING PONTOON & PONTOON FLIPPEDOVER & HE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIPE OR ANOTHERPONTOON & IT BROKE HIS UPPER LEFT ARM.

1987 · 1 incident

January 29, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG PRY BAR OVERHEAD TO BEAT ON SIDE OF HOPPER FOR OUR RERUN BELT ALLEGED PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK ON LEFT SIDE EMPLOYEE WAS OFF HIS 3 DAY WEEKEND WHEN HE CAME BACK HE TOLD MANAGEM ENT ABOUT HIS A7CIDENT HE WORKED 4 WEEKS WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE THROUGH 022687 OFF ANOTHR 3 DAY WEEKEND 030287 5AM HAD TO GO TO DR.WITH BACK PAIN