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NEWBERRY LIMESTONE: 256 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Floyd S Salser III
CHIEFLAND, Alachua County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0800761

NEWBERRY LIMESTONE has $158K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1992–2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
256
citations
87
significant & substantial
$158,034
proposed penalties
$157,727
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $307 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See NEWBERRY LIMESTONE, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
87
inspections on record
1,106
inspection hours
23.1
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.
256 citations across 1,106 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.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-07-02.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

NEWBERRY LIMESTONE has $158K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$158K
proposed penalties
$158K
current assessed
$158K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
254 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $55K in penalties contested before the Commission, $55K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-15.
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.
34.3%
significant & substantial
13.8%
high negligence or reckless
34.6%
reasonably likely or greater
49.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.5% low, 82.7% moderate, 13.8% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 6 · 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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$54K proposed, $54K 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 2020-09-13.
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 2020-0244 Default 2021 $54K → $54K
SE 2004-89-M Settlement Melick 2004 $614 → $307
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: 2024-08-01
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
32
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg19
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (32)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-08-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-08-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-01-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-01-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 Bulldozer Operator
2016-01-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2016-01-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2011-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2011-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2010-03-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-03-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2005-11-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2005-11-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Backhoe Operator
2005-11-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Dragline Operator
2005-11-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Dragline Operator
2004-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Clam Shell Operator
2004-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Jackhammer Operator
2004-12-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.38 0.66 Dragline Operator
2004-12-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.62 0.14 Bulldozer Operator
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 2.12 0.13 Dragline Operator
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.47 0.14 Backhoe Operator
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.95 0.13 Bulldozer Operator
2001-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2001-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2001-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2001-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Oiler, Greaser
2001-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe 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.

NEWBERRY LIMESTONE 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
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 * 18.91 18.91 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. Limerock Industries Inc 1950 to 2024
  2. Newberry Limestone, LLC 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 15
2025 16
2024 12
2023 14
2022 13
2021 13
2020 13
2019 13
2018 10
2017 7
2016 6
2015 3
2014 3
2013 5
2012 6
2011 6
2010 7
2009 10
2008 19
2007 17
2006 13
2005 14
2004 11
2003 12
2002 13
2001 10
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

NEWBERRY LIMESTONE sits in Alachua 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.
Alachua County, Florida · Population 281,751
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$59,659
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 11,750 1 1 85.1
2026 Q1 9,520 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 9,945 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,734 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,770 4 0 371.4
2025 Q1 10,482 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 9,004 4 0 444.2
2024 Q3 6,098 1 0 164.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,777 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,614 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,130 3 1 726.4
2023 Q3 9,204 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,963 5 0 501.9
2023 Q1 8,439 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,008 3 1 333.0
2022 Q3 10,051 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,642 5 2 469.8
2022 Q1 10,331 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 9,979 2 1 200.4
2021 Q3 9,456 2 1 211.5
2021 Q2 8,198 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 8,061 7 4 868.4
2020 Q4 11,006 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,745 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,610 8 6 832.5
2020 Q1 9,061 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,430 6 4 711.7
2019 Q3 9,733 3 2 308.2
2019 Q2 8,904 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 8,121 10 5 1231.4
2018 Q4 6,948 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,406 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,923 3 0 506.5
2018 Q1 5,744 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,783 8 0 1672.6
2017 Q3 4,985 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,068 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,509 4 0 887.1
2016 Q4 3,804 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,157 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,200 4 2 1250.0
2016 Q1 2,494 4 2 1603.8
2015 Q4 2,286 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,040 3 1 1470.6
2015 Q2 1,986 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,101 2 1 951.9
2014 Q4 2,043 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,011 2 0 994.5
2014 Q2 2,009 5 0 2488.8
2014 Q1 2,302 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,691 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,691 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,062 1 0 326.6
2013 Q1 3,254 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,689 2 0 542.2
2012 Q3 3,779 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,975 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,765 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,799 3 0 789.7
2011 Q3 4,118 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,237 6 3 1416.1
2011 Q1 3,106 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,481 4 3 892.7
2010 Q3 4,286 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,709 4 1 849.4
2010 Q1 4,057 6 1 1478.9
2009 Q4 4,295 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,769 5 2 1048.4
2009 Q2 6,328 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 7,747 3 1 387.2
2008 Q4 10,639 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 10,635 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 11,516 10 6 868.4
2008 Q1 11,126 5 3 449.4
2007 Q4 10,763 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,729 11 3 937.8
2007 Q2 11,076 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,776 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,450 8 2 846.6
2006 Q3 9,529 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,414 5 4 480.1
2006 Q1 9,635 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 11,250 5 0 444.4
2005 Q3 10,657 14 8 1313.7
2005 Q2 9,138 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10,300 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 9,031 1 0 110.7
2004 Q3 8,312 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,296 4 1 430.3
2004 Q1 9,230 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,635 5 2 518.9
2003 Q3 9,696 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,695 5 1 515.7
2003 Q1 12,800 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 9,393 13 2 1384.0
2002 Q3 7,416 16 4 2157.5
2002 Q2 7,098 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,253 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,348 4 2 630.1
2001 Q3 7,215 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,713 6 0 688.6
2001 Q1 7,083 4 2 564.7
2000 Q4 5,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,666 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,323 2 0 316.3
2000 Q1 7,499 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2023 · 3 incidents

August 8, 2023 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker STRIKING OR BUMPING
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

employee was under belt and stood up and hit their head

April 5, 2023 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

Roof of tractor came unattached and fell in cab

2009 · 1 incident

July 9, 2009 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

Was lifting assyaline bottle and it slipped and landed on big toe.

2008 · 1 incident

October 30, 2008 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Limerock Industries Inc · Fall from machine

climbed up on hand rail to put water in radiator on crusher motor, hand rail was wet and slipped and fell, landed on ground on his feet and broke is right heal.

2007 · 5 incidents

September 13, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee was hammering tooth of off dragline bucket an a piece of metat hit him in the forehead

July 2, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator was drilling holes for dynamite tubes and water hose came loose on top of kelly bar and landed on his left shoulder causing a bruise.

June 2, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

Operator was drilling holes for dynamite tubes and water hose came loose on top of kelly bar and landed on his left shoulder causing a bruise.

April 23, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was hooking front end loader to crusher and middle right hand finger was cut.

April 5, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Limerock Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was getting out of mack haul truck and when his foot hit the ground his right knee popped.

2005 · 1 incident

October 12, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Dragline operator was dumping bucket of rock, when it hit pile the material spattered mud and rock back toward dragline and the rock hit his left wrist it broke the skin and wrist swelled up. Back to work on monday 11/14/05.

2002 · 1 incident

February 6, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Limerock Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPING WITH THE HAMMERMILL CRUSHER EE WAS PUTTING IN SHACKER BARS IN PULLING GROIN AREA.

1998 · 1 incident

May 5, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOMG PAN/SCRAPER - STRAINED NECK

1994 · 2 incidents

April 12, 1994 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Limerock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED FROM GREASE TRUCK. CAUGHT LEFT FOOT AND LEG BETWEEN TIRE.

February 7, 1994 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Limerock Industries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WALKING ON PILE OF ROCK TO GET TO DRAGLINE. SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING LOW BACK.

1993 · 2 incidents

September 15, 1993 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Limerock Industries Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

CHECKING WATER IN DRAGLING RADIATOR, HOT WATER BOILED OUT BURNING LEFT ARM.

February 9, 1993 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Limerock Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING ON DOZER. HIT HEAD ON CAB AND HURT NECK.

1992 · 3 incidents

December 29, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Limerock Industries Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED AND FELL FROM LADDER HURTING SHOULDER AND HAND.

November 9, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Limerock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING CHAIN ON CRUSHER CHAIN SLIPPED AND CUT TIP OF RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

June 29, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Limerock Industries Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK DOWN CRUSHER HAMMER SLIPPED AND PULLED SHOULDER MUSCLE.