Mining Incidents

Little Escambia Pit: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Betty Johnson
Century, Escambia County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801319

Little Escambia Pit has $1K 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
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Oct 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
11
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,128
proposed penalties
$1,128
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
6
inspections on record
60
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: 60 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Little Escambia Pit has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-17.
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.
27.3%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
54.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 81.8% moderate, 9.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Pace Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 5
2007 5
2006 5
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Little Escambia Pit sits in Escambia 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.
Escambia County, Florida · Population 323,275
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$65,715
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
2008 Q1 983 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,883 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,770 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,693 3 1 1114.0
2007 Q1 2,831 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,934 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,987 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,381 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 2,859 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,757 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,588 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,383 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,328 4 0 1718.2
2004 Q4 2,566 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,456 4 2 1628.7
2004 Q2 2,627 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,355 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,499 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,282 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 736 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

October 9, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pace Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TRASH AND MUD FROM THE TRACT ON BULLDOZER AND STRAINED A MUSCLE ON LEFT SIDE UNDER RIBS.