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KEUKA SAND PLANT: 39 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Interlachen, Putnam County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0800434

KEUKA SAND PLANT has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1985–2000
Latest incident
Feb 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
39
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,990
proposed penalties
$4,990
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
69
inspections on record
1,034
inspection hours
3.8
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.
39 citations across 1,034 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KEUKA SAND PLANT has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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; 5 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $953 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-07-21.
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.
10.3%
significant & substantial
2.6%
high negligence or reckless
10.3%
reasonably likely or greater
28.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.5% low, 59.0% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 71%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 14%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 14%
67%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
9%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $953 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 2013-10-21.
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 2008-472M Settlement Hodgdon 2009 $515 → $515
SE 2008-473M Settlement Hodgdon 2009 $200 → $100
SE 2010-15M Settlement Rae 2011 $138 → $138
SE 2012-193M Settlement Zielinski 2012 $100 → $100
SE 2014-35M Dismissal Harner 2014 $100 → $100
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: 2025-03-27
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
33
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg32
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (33)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-03-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2023-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2023-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2020-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Leaching Operator
2020-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2020-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Loader
2020-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2017-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2014-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2014-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2014-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Loader
2014-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2014-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2011-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2011-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2011-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2011-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2008-12-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-12-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2008-12-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2008-12-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.8 0.19 Washer Operator
2008-12-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-08-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-08-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-08-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2004-08-19 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.

KEUKA SAND PLANT 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
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 * 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Florida Rock Industries Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 9
2024 10
2023 11
2022 11
2021 11
2020 11
2019 11
2018 10
2017 9
2016 10
2015 9
2014 9
2013 9
2012 9
2011 8
2010 8
2009 9
2008 10
2007 10
2006 11
2005 11
2004 11
2003 11
2002 11
2001 11
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

KEUKA SAND PLANT sits in Putnam 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.
Putnam County, Florida · Population 74,235
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$47,256
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 5,012 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,376 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,451 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,903 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,769 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,337 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,234 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,390 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,345 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,433 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,455 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,973 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,803 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,436 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,525 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,164 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,359 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,021 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,029 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,657 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,686 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,336 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,866 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,652 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,235 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,018 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,407 1 1 156.1
2019 Q3 6,682 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,167 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,345 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,118 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,990 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,316 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,446 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,490 1 0 182.1
2017 Q3 5,563 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,736 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,679 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,197 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,634 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,782 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,842 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,328 1 0 187.7
2015 Q3 5,706 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,814 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,302 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,828 1 0 171.6
2014 Q3 6,004 2 0 333.1
2014 Q2 5,963 4 1 670.8
2014 Q1 5,757 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,925 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,387 2 0 371.3
2013 Q2 5,864 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,625 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,573 1 0 179.4
2012 Q3 5,344 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,855 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,325 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,648 2 0 430.3
2011 Q3 4,449 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,791 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,084 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,842 1 0 206.5
2010 Q3 4,856 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,155 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,670 2 0 545.0
2009 Q4 2,872 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,543 2 1 440.2
2009 Q2 4,557 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,815 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,979 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,062 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,161 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,555 4 1 720.1
2007 Q4 4,451 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,950 2 0 336.1
2007 Q2 6,253 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,404 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,366 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,023 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,913 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,853 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,484 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,032 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,662 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,916 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,894 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,390 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,652 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,498 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,630 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,144 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,277 1 0 137.4
2003 Q1 7,048 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,985 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,352 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,301 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,087 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,232 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,562 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,579 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,241 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,715 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,383 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,628 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,400 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2000 · 1 incident

February 12, 2000 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PLANT TRUCK HAD GOTTEN STUCK AND EE WAS TRYING TO HELP PUSH IT OUT. AS HE STARTED PUSHING, HIS LEFT KNEE POP OUT OF JOINT.

1999 · 1 incident

October 17, 1999 FL · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Fall down stairs

THE EMPLOYEE WAS GOING UP THE STAIRWAY WHEN THE THIRD RUNG GAVE WAY, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND FALL DURING THAT PROCESS. HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1997 · 1 incident

June 25, 1997 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS WELDING A SKID PLATE FOR A POND PUMP. HE TRIED TO FLIP IT OVER SO HE COULD WELD THE OTHER SIDE. IN DOING SO HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PLATE AND THE CONCRETE FLOOR, AND SMASHED H IS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

1992 · 1 incident

October 14, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS STRAIGHTEN OUT A BELT GUARD THAT HAD GOTTEN BENT AND AS HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO IT WITH HIS HANDS THE BOLT THAT WAS HOLDING IT IN PLACE BROKE LOOSE WITH THE SUDEEN RELEASE OF BACK PR ESSURE THE GUARD SLIP OUT OF HIS HANDS AND SPRUNG BACK UP STRIKING THE EE IN THE FACE.

1988 · 1 incident

January 25, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Fall from machine

STEPPING DOWN OFF OF ATTRITION MACHINE MACHINE ELEVATION 32 1/2 IN STEPPED DOWN AT WRONG ANGLE AND SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE

1986 · 2 incidents

May 18, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Fall from machine

CAR PULLER FORW5RD BUTTON STUCK, EMP WENT ON CAR AND THEN STARTED DOWN CAR LADDER, ONE RUNG MASHED AGAINST CAR. HE LOST FOOTING AND FELL ON SUPPORT BAR OF NEXT CAR, LANDING ON AIR TANK SUPPOR T BEAM OF NEXT 9AILCAR. THIS RESULTED IN BUMP TO HEAD AND LOWER BACK SPRAIN/LUMBAR CONTUSION

April 22, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS LOADING3BELT AND COMPLETED HIS TASK BUT HE STOOD UP AND ALLEDGE PAIN INLOWER BACK.

1985 · 1 incident

September 6, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS TURNING PUMP SHAFT TREADING IMPELLA WITH 48 IN PIPE WRENCH WRENCH HUNG UP ON SHAFT PINCHING RT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN PUMP BASE AND WRENCH SEVERED HALF OF THE FIRST JOINT ON THIRD F INGER ON RT HAND