Mining Incidents

Owl's Head Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Freeport, Walton County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801317

Owl's Head Mine has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
35
citations
13
significant & substantial
$14,604
proposed penalties
$14,604
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
13
inspections on record
161
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: 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.
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
Show 19 earlier quarters
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, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Owl's Head Sod Farm, LTD, LLP · Fall from machine

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.

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