Mining Incidents

Mayo Sand Pit: 48 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Joseph H Anderson
Mayo, Lafayette County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801299

Mayo Sand Pit has $22K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
48
citations
15
significant & substantial
$21,593
proposed penalties
$21,593
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
19
inspections on record
253
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: 253 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mayo Sand Pit has $22K 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $15K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-11-27.
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.
31.9%
significant & substantial
21.3%
high negligence or reckless
31.9%
reasonably likely or greater
59.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 78.7% moderate, 21.3% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$15K proposed, $15K 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 2007-08-14.
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 2007-371M Prevail Lesnick 2008 $15K → $15K
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: 2007-06-19, 19 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2002-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.39 0.72 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2001-06-20 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. Anderson Columbia Company Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 3
2001 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mayo Sand Pit sits in Lafayette County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Lafayette County, Florida · Population 8,035
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$60,692
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
2007 Q4 338 2 0 5917.2
2007 Q3 604 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,655 3 2 1812.7
2007 Q1 1,150 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,236 12 4 9708.7
2006 Q3 1,957 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,823 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,435 1 0 696.9
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 1,562 4 1 2560.8
2005 Q3 1,968 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,712 3 2 1752.3
2005 Q1 1,380 3 0 2173.9
2004 Q4 1,780 1 0 561.8
2004 Q3 1,725 2 0 1159.4
2004 Q2 1,510 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,215 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,141 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,614 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,177 3 1 2548.9
2003 Q1 1,237 1 0 808.4
2002 Q4 1,068 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,369 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,623 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,364 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,217 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,306 0 0 0.0

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.