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Mid-Coast Aggregates LLC-Mazak Mine: 3 recorded fatalities Metal/Non-Metal

Webster, Sumter County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0801282

Mid-Coast Aggregates LLC-Mazak Mine has $289K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
3
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
259
citations
70
significant & substantial
$288,936
proposed penalties
$136,664
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $152,272 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See MID Coast Aggregates LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
95
inspections on record
4,420
inspection hours
5.9
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.
259 citations across 4,420 inspection hours.
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.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2013-01-15.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Mid-Coast Aggregates LLC-Mazak Mine has $289K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 8 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.
$289K
proposed penalties
$138K
current assessed
$137K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
250 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $223K in penalties contested before the Commission, $73K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.
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.
27.8%
significant & substantial
15.1%
high negligence or reckless
27.8%
reasonably likely or greater
44.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.9% low, 77.0% moderate, 15.1% 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.
18 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 13 · 72%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 5 · 28%
47%
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 15 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
70%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$244K proposed, $73K 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 2013-09-06.
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 2012-38M Settlement McCarthy 2014 $140K → $47K
SE 2012-16M Settlement McCarthy 2014 $70K → $17K
SE 2010-946M Settlement Lewis 2011 $7K → $3K
SE 2008-387M Settlement Feldman 2010 $3K → $3K
SE 2012-9M Settlement Zielinski 2013 $2K → $2K
SE 2008-303M Settlement Lesnick 2008 $499 → $499
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: 2025-06-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
41
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg28
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz9
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (41)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2023-12-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-12-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-12-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2023-12-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-09-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2018-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2015-11-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-01-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-01-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Oiler, Greaser
2013-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2013-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2013-01-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-01-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.51 10 0.05 Truck Driver
2013-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-12-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.27 0.09 Bulldozer Operator
2010-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2008-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0.07 Backhoe Operator
2008-01-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-05-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.49 0.69 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2003-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.53 0.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2002-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2002-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-05-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Laborer, Bullgang
2000-09-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.09 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-09-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2000-09-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-09-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
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.

Mid-Coast Aggregates LLC-Mazak Mine recorded 3.59 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.
3.59
total case rate
3.59
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 * 3.59 3.59 0.000
2024 * 3.98 0.00 0.000
2023 * 4.20 4.20 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 4.10 4.10 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. Bergeron Sand Rock & Aggregate Inc 2000 to 2001
  2. Ocala Bedrock, Inc., DBA Bedrock Resources 2001 to 2002
  3. Florida Mining Corporation 2002 to 2005
  4. MID Coast Aggregates LLC 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 24
2025 23
2024 21
2023 22
2022 23
2021 26
2020 22
2019 21
2018 21
2017 19
2016 24
2015 21
2014 17
2013 17
2012 17
2011 18
2010 20
2009 23
2008 27
2007 29
2006 29
2005 21
2004 29
2003 21
2002 11
2001 16
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mid-Coast Aggregates LLC-Mazak Mine sits in Sumter 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.
Sumter County, Florida · Population 137,536
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,297
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 12,181 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 12,593 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 14,727 3 0 203.7
2025 Q3 14,420 1 0 69.3
2025 Q2 12,596 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 13,941 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 12,965 1 0 77.1
2024 Q3 11,952 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 11,905 2 1 168.0
2024 Q1 13,401 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 13,501 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 12,834 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 10,727 3 0 279.7
2023 Q1 10,533 4 0 379.8
2022 Q4 13,607 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 14,140 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 12,400 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 14,793 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 14,257 2 1 140.3
2021 Q3 11,922 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 13,412 2 1 149.1
2021 Q1 11,984 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 11,951 2 1 167.4
2020 Q3 11,261 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 10,977 2 1 182.2
2020 Q1 10,941 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 10,563 1 1 94.7
2019 Q3 11,326 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 13,530 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 13,390 2 0 149.4
2018 Q4 13,714 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 12,393 5 1 403.5
2018 Q2 11,431 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 11,338 5 2 441.0
2017 Q4 11,523 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 11,671 1 0 85.7
2017 Q2 10,728 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 11,184 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 11,404 9 1 789.2
2016 Q3 12,393 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 12,864 2 0 155.5
2016 Q1 13,053 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 14,782 5 1 338.2
2015 Q3 13,999 1 0 71.4
2015 Q2 10,935 5 1 457.2
2015 Q1 9,878 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 10,447 2 1 191.4
2014 Q3 10,483 1 0 95.4
2014 Q2 10,373 2 1 192.8
2014 Q1 9,204 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 9,816 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 9,254 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 8,659 2 0 231.0
2013 Q1 7,737 6 2 775.5
2012 Q4 8,365 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,754 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,558 1 0 132.3
2012 Q1 7,631 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,655 4 0 522.5
2011 Q3 9,221 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8,062 15 4 1860.6
2011 Q1 7,948 3 2 377.5
2010 Q4 7,960 2 0 251.3
2010 Q3 9,689 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,561 5 4 523.0
2010 Q1 8,357 15 9 1794.9
2009 Q4 10,231 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 13,985 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 11,813 2 0 169.3
2009 Q1 10,878 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 13,551 3 0 221.4
2008 Q3 14,154 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 15,409 1 0 64.9
2008 Q1 15,175 4 1 263.6
2007 Q4 15,257 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 13,963 2 1 143.2
2007 Q2 15,910 2 0 125.7
2007 Q1 18,456 6 1 325.1
2006 Q4 20,362 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 15,418 7 4 454.0
2006 Q2 16,067 5 2 311.2
2006 Q1 15,654 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 16,318 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 14,666 12 2 818.2
2005 Q2 15,384 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 14,955 2 1 133.7
2004 Q4 11,614 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 13,682 2 1 146.2
2004 Q2 15,010 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 15,812 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,953 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,703 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10,357 9 0 869.0
2003 Q1 9,991 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 9,499 2 0 210.5
2002 Q3 7,405 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,573 2 0 777.3
2002 Q1 3,158 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,060 2 0 248.1
2001 Q3 11,804 5 3 423.6
2001 Q2 11,831 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 11,141 4 0 359.0
2000 Q4 5,261 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,322 4 0 925.5
2000 Q2 5,443 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,562 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

3 recorded
December 10, 2025 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger Fatality · MACHINERY
MID Coast Aggregates LLC · Drowning

EE died after the dragline EE was operating slid into a water-filled pit.

December 10, 2025 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger Fatality · MACHINERY
MID Coast Aggregates LLC · Drowning

EE died after the dragline EE was operating slid into a water-filled pit.

December 23, 2010 FL · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
MID Coast Aggregates LLC · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

The senior blaster received fatal injuries when he was conducting a post-blast examination. The accident occurred when the ground on which he was walking caved in. The circumstances surrounding the accident and the cause of the accident are still under investigation.

Reportable incidents

13 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2025 · 1 incident

September 26, 2025 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
MID Coast Aggregates LLC · Struck against a moving object

Driving haul truck across pit. Hit a pothole strut broke and tire went under the machine.

2024 · 1 incident

2023 · 1 incident

June 9, 2023 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker MACHINERY
MID Coast Aggregates LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Wet plant crusher wheel spun once struck hammer was free catching EE's foot as EE got out of way cutting EE's achilles tendon area

2019 · 1 incident

January 9, 2019 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
MID Coast Aggregates LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Cement silo was not flowing properly, ee shot air into silo to increase flow. EE put hand inside silo and paddle wheel caught fingers on left hand. Index finger was removed by doctor and middle and ring finger were broken but were saved.

2009 · 1 incident

September 17, 2009 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
MID Coast Aggregates LLC · Struck by falling object

Went to bathroom and was walking back. He walked under the belt of the crusher and a rock hit him on the right shoulder. It scraped and bruised it.

2006 · 3 incidents

June 19, 2006 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MID Coast Aggregates LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Cleaning the 770 dragline, crossed over catwalk where he was not supposed to be slipped & fell several feet to the ground.

May 31, 2006 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MID Coast Aggregates LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Crusher was running & employee checked radiator as the machine was running hot. The radiator cap blew off resulting in a burn on the right side of his upper torso, chest & neck.

March 1, 2006 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MID Coast Aggregates LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Picked up a 5 gallon jug of oil and immediately felt pain in his hand.

2005 · 3 incidents

December 12, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager ELECTRICAL
Florida Mining Corporation · Flash burns (electric)

Checking electrical problem. something occurred inside the electrical panel. which created an electrical explosion, resulting in burns to left hand and left side of face.

March 21, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Florida Mining Corporation · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS IN OFF ROAD TRUCK WHEN BACKHOE OPERATOR HIT OFF ROAD TRUCK WITH BUCKET JARRING AND SHAKING UP EE

March 17, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Mining Corporation · Struck against stationary object

Drag line cable flexed out, hit his right hand & threw his right hand into a metal plate.

2004 · 1 incident

August 26, 2004 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Mining Corporation · Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBING OFF OF LOADER, HE SLIPPED ON BOTTOM STEP AND HIT ELBOW ON STEP ABOVE.

2000 · 1 incident

April 19, 2000 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Bergeron Sand Rock & Aggregate Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING IMPROPER CRIBBING WHILE WELDING. CRIBBING CAUGHT FIRE AND EMPLOYEE UNKOWNINGLY LAYED HIS FOOT ON IT WHILE HE WAS WELDING.