Mining Incidents

Hilochee Sand Mine: 40 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by E R Jahna Industries Inc
Clermont, Lake County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0801405

Hilochee Sand Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2017–2022
Latest incident
Oct 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
40
citations
6
significant & substantial
$5,446
proposed penalties
$5,446
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
30
inspections on record
284
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: 284 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-04-15.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Hilochee Sand Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
39 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $116 in penalties contested before the Commission, $116 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-11-09.
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.
15.4%
significant & substantial
2.6%
high negligence or reckless
15.4%
reasonably likely or greater
23.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.3% low, 87.2% moderate, 2.6% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$116 proposed, $116 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 2017-07-16.
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 2017-0223 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $116 → $116
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: 2025-07-18
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2015-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. Classic Golf Aggregate, LLC 2015 to 2024
  2. E R Jahna Industries Inc 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 6
2023 5
2022 8
2021 9
2020 5
2019 6
2018 6
2017 6
2016 6
2015 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hilochee Sand Mine sits in Lake 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.
Lake County, Florida · Population 398,696
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,956
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 2,375 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,109 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,113 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,323 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,432 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,920 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,888 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,520 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 2,793 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,454 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,736 4 2 1070.7
2022 Q3 3,142 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,240 2 0 617.3
2022 Q1 3,763 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,491 1 0 286.5
2021 Q3 3,664 1 0 272.9
2021 Q2 3,372 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,155 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,126 3 0 959.7
2020 Q3 2,295 1 0 435.7
2020 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,983 2 0 1008.6
2019 Q4 1,626 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,417 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,632 6 2 1652.0
2019 Q1 2,899 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,211 2 0 904.6
2018 Q3 2,453 4 1 1630.7
2018 Q2 2,625 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,185 2 0 915.3
2017 Q4 2,950 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,599 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,212 1 1 311.3
2017 Q1 2,319 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,948 1 0 339.2
2016 Q3 2,657 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,620 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,267 3 0 1323.3
2015 Q4 1,255 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 839 1 0 1191.9
2015 Q2 637 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2022 · 1 incident

2021 · 1 incident

June 18, 2021 FL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Classic Golf Aggregate, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was positioning the holes to drive in pins in the re-attachment of a dredge ladder when they sustained a lumbar strain.

2017 · 1 incident

August 29, 2017 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Classic Golf Aggregate, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was replacing a dredge spud cable and dislocated right thumb while using a pry bar. This injury was reported as the doctor put a splint on thumb.