Mining Incidents

Maylen Mine: 81 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Frank J Colitz
Citrus, Citrus County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0800760

Maylen Mine has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1988–2022
Latest incident
Dec 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
81
citations
29
significant & substantial
$14,406
proposed penalties
$10,431
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,975 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
572
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: 572 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Maylen Mine has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-22.
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.
35.8%
significant & substantial
4.9%
high negligence or reckless
35.8%
reasonably likely or greater
60.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.4% low, 87.7% moderate, 4.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 20020025M Settlement Barbour 2002 $2K → $1K
SE 20000201M Dismissal 2000 $188 → $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: 2024-06-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-06-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Dragline Operator
2022-07-15 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-07-15 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.21 Bulldozer Operator
2022-07-15 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.74 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-03-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-03-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2017-08-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 Bulldozer Operator
2017-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.47 10 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-13 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.

Maylen Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.

Injury rate, 2003
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 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.00 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
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 5.58 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. Carroll Contracting & Ready-Mix Inc 1950 to 1992
  2. Sunshine Materials Inc 1992 to 1998
  3. Grubbs Construction Company 1998 to 2004
  4. Crystal River Quarries Inc 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 5
2024 7
2023 7
2022 9
2021 9
2020 7
2019 8
2018 9
2017 11
2016 4
2015 3
2014 3
2013 2
2012 1
2011 1
2010 3
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 6
2005 3
2004 2
2003 17
2002 16
2001 24
2000 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Maylen Mine sits in Citrus 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.
Citrus County, Florida · Population 158,693
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$55,355
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 3,908 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,257 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,307 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,886 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,037 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,319 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,528 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,669 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,947 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,380 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,765 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,060 1 0 326.8
2023 Q2 1,667 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,515 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,730 1 1 578.0
2022 Q3 2,027 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,947 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,177 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,020 1 0 495.0
2021 Q3 1,496 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,550 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 765 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 533 2 0 3752.3
2020 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,080 1 0 925.9
2020 Q1 668 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 921 1 0 1085.8
2019 Q3 705 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 119 1 0 8403.4
2018 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 578 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,212 1 0 825.1
2018 Q1 935 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 944 1 0 1059.3
2017 Q3 598 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 392 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 734 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 346 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 23 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 44 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 189 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 30 2 2 66666.7
2010 Q4 129 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 105 1 0 9523.8
2010 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 95 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 977 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,025 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,333 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,718 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,433 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,650 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,521 2 0 793.3
2007 Q4 2,618 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,627 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,620 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,688 1 0 372.0
2006 Q4 2,922 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,181 4 1 1257.5
2006 Q2 1,103 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 437 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 126 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 57 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 133 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 378 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 135 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,077 14 8 2757.5
2003 Q3 6,520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,430 1 0 134.6
2003 Q1 7,929 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,186 4 0 556.6
2002 Q3 7,274 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,390 2 1 270.6
2002 Q1 7,256 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,275 19 6 2048.5
2001 Q3 12,810 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 13,904 6 5 431.5
2001 Q1 14,340 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 12,719 10 2 786.2
2000 Q3 8,540 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,619 2 1 302.2
2000 Q1 7,951 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2022 · 2 incidents

December 21, 2022 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crystal River Quarries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE tripped on the air hose from EE's service truck. EE fell on left leg trying to catch self as EE fell. EE broke both bones in left leg below the knee.

February 3, 2022 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal River Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

While driving the D400 E Haul Truck, EE was shaken around cab and hit elbow on metal bar on left side door/window. Elbow sore and tingling in one finger.

2000 · 1 incident

April 3, 2000 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Grubbs Construction Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE REPLACING ROLLERS ON EXCAVATOR, DEBRIS BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

1991 · 2 incidents

December 30, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carroll Contracting & Ready-Mix Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE ENGINE OF A D9L DOZER. HE STATES HE PUT ONE LEG INTO THE ENGINE COMAPRTMENT, AND LIFTED OUT AN ENGINE CYLINDER LINER (8-9 LBS.), AND TWISTED HIS UPPER BODY TO SET THE LINER DOWN. HE STATES HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER SETTING DOWN THE LINER.

May 21, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Carroll Contracting & Ready-Mix Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS OPERATING A BOBCAT MACHINE CLEANING DEBRIS FROM AROUND THE CRUSHER UNIT HE STA TES THE INJURY DID NOT BOTHER HIM INITIALLY BUT GRADUALLY BECAME WORSE OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON LEFT FOREARM BY A FIST SIZED ROCK FROM THE CRUSHER UNIT EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 06-11-91

1988 · 1 incident

June 3, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Carroll Contracting & Ready-Mix Inc · Struck by falling object

A LOADER OPERATOR WAS CARRYING A LOAD OF ROCK TO THE CRUSHER LOADING AREA WHILE THE LOADER WAS STOPPED A LARGE ROCK FELL OUT OF THE BUCKET AND STRUCK AN EMPLOYEE ON THE ARM THAT WAS STANDING N EAR THE LOADER DIRECTIN THE LOADER INTO PROPER ALIGNMENT THE LOADER WAS NOT MOVING AT THE TIME NOR WAS IT STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND