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: 161 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Owl's Head Mine has $15K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-12-05.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
1
2008
2
2007
2
2006
3
2005
5
2004
1
2003
1
2002
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Owl's Head Mine sits in Walton County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Walton County, Florida · Population 79,846
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,281
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
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
40
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
180
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
398
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
360
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
220
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
340
2
0
5882.4
2007 Q3
460
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2
230
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
480
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,080
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,560
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,300
1
0
769.2
2006 Q1
1,920
8
2
4166.7
2005 Q4
3,480
11
5
3160.9
2005 Q3
2,400
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
3,000
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,600
13
6
5000.0
2004 Q4
960
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
0
0
0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
50
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
250
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
0
0
0
2003 Q2
50
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
310
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
200
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2005 · 1 incident
October 26, 2005FL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee passed out and fell approximately 8 feet off of the top platform off an off-road dump truck (onto sand ground). Employee injured head and bruised ribs. Employee was transported to local emergency room where he was tested over the legal alcohol limt.