Mining Incidents

Highlands County Shell Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Highland County-Fl
Punta Gorda, Charlotte County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0801139

Highlands County Shell Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2000
40
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,960
proposed penalties
$4,960
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
75
inspections on record
675
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: 675 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Highlands County Shell Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-08.
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
2025 Q4 1,500 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,337 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,507 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,505 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,319 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,232 1 0 811.7
2024 Q2 1,559 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,490 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,461 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,578 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,865 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,865 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,749 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,504 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,669 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,748 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,901 4 0 2104.2
2021 Q3 2,161 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,197 1 0 455.2
2021 Q1 1,421 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,028 1 0 972.8
2020 Q3 946 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,227 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,625 1 0 615.4
2019 Q4 1,617 2 0 1236.9
2019 Q3 1,859 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,934 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,783 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,690 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,835 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,219 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,207 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,140 1 1 877.2
2017 Q3 1,149 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,278 1 0 782.5
2017 Q1 1,218 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,355 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,279 1 0 781.9
2016 Q2 1,461 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,567 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,260 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,487 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,677 1 0 596.3
2015 Q1 1,432 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,448 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,452 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,468 1 1 681.2
2014 Q1 1,360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,310 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,273 1 0 785.5
2013 Q1 1,380 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,339 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 995 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,018 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,138 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,365 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,455 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 712 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,132 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,363 1 0 733.7
2010 Q3 1,180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,380 1 0 724.6
2010 Q1 970 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 360 3 1 8333.3
2009 Q3 1,891 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,610 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,376 1 0 726.7
2008 Q3 1,559 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,534 2 1 1303.8
2008 Q1 1,521 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,360 1 0 735.3
2007 Q3 1,461 1 0 684.5
2007 Q2 1,253 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,459 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,236 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,512 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,363 2 1 1467.4
2006 Q1 1,070 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 946 1 1 1057.1
2005 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,304 1 0 766.9
2005 Q1 926 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 416 1 0 2403.8
2004 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,360 1 0 735.3
2004 Q1 1,271 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 859 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,205 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,033 2 0 1936.1
2003 Q1 1,289 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,038 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,228 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,075 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 808 1 0 1237.6
2001 Q3 950 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,012 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 396 4 1 10101.0
2000 Q3 948 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,012 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 685 1 0 1459.9

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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The full compliance file on Highlands County Shell Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.