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POLK SAND PLANT: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Polk City, Polk County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800884

POLK SAND PLANT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1983–2015
Latest incident
Feb 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
14
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,755
proposed penalties
$1,103
paid to date
63% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $652 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
512
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: 512 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

POLK SAND PLANT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-10-31.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
71.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 42.9% low, 50.0% moderate, 7.1% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 75%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 25%
78%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $300 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 2011-03-18.
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 2010-16M Settlement Rae 2011 $525 → $100
SE 2009-243M Settlement Bulluck 2010 $460 → $100
SE 2011-414M Settlement Barbour 2011 $392 → $100
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: 2014-09-17, 11 years ago
11
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2005-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2005-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
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.

POLK SAND PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ 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 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.53 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
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 14.31 7.15 0.000
2004 * 6.52 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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. Florida Mining & Materials Corp 1978 to 1988
  2. Florida Mining & Materials Corp 1988 to 1991
  3. Vulcan Construction Materials, LP 1991 to 2001
  4. Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. 2001 to 2007
  5. Florida Rock Industries Inc 2007 to 2010
  6. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 2
2014 7
2013 6
2012 6
2011 6
2010 6
2009 7
2008 6
2007 10
2006 10
2005 9
2004 10
2003 10
2002 10
2001 10
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

POLK SAND PLANT sits in Polk 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.
Polk County, Florida · Population 760,961
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,644
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
2015 Q2 190 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,254 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,514 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,178 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,329 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,486 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,359 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,769 0 0 0.0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 4,066 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,682 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,542 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,466 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,016 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,835 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,738 1 0 365.2
2011 Q3 2,784 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,452 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,900 1 0 344.8
2010 Q4 3,350 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,887 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,942 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,818 1 0 261.9
2009 Q4 3,646 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,751 1 0 266.6
2009 Q2 3,596 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,614 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,920 2 0 510.2
2008 Q2 1,441 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,478 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,734 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,528 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,566 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,037 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,445 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,165 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,274 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,093 2 0 282.0
2005 Q4 6,258 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,794 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,729 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,175 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,131 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,268 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,687 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,566 2 0 264.3
2003 Q4 8,528 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,121 1 0 140.4
2003 Q2 8,554 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,888 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8,762 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,106 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,668 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,973 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,328 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,406 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,941 2 0 223.7
2001 Q1 7,570 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,689 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,405 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,735 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,612 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2015 · 1 incident

February 10, 2015 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

This accident is still under investigation and at this time has not been determined to be work related. However, the employee alleges he was tightening a PVC compression coupling in a 2' hole in the ground when he felt pain in his right shoulder.

2010 · 1 incident

June 16, 2010 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE slipped & fell on buttocks while boarding work boat. EE refused medical treatment until 7/8/10 when he requested & was sent for evaluation. Upon evaluation, EE was released to duty in his assigned job with no limitations. On 4/26/11 EE returned to Dr & was placed on modified duty. We cannot accommodate medical restrictions & have placed the EE on LT status on 4/27/11.

2005 · 2 incidents

November 21, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal auger operator, auger crew supervisor DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A periodic chest x-ray screening was read by two "B" readers. The x-ray was characterized as consistent with pneumonicosis with reading of 1/0 by both "B" readers. Occupational exposure cannot be determined soley by reading the chest x-ray films. The employee is being sent to a pulmonary specialist for full examination.

November 2, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was boarding work boat to travel to dredge. He slipped and strained his lower back.

2004 · 1 incident

May 27, 2004 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a 3/4" drive ratchet to tighten bolts on a pipe flange at waste discharge line. While applying pressure on bolts with drive ratchet, felt pain in lower back. Minor

1992 · 2 incidents

September 22, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LP · Struck against stationary object

12 1" BOLT HOLES IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN OF WHICH SEREAL HAD THE INTERNAL THREADS PULLED OUT LEAVING A SHARP POINTED SLIVER EXPOSED. WHILE USING A 1" TAP AND WRENCH THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED A ND STRUCK ONE OF THE EXPOSED THREADS.

February 19, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LP · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BOLTS TO BE USED AS STUDS.BOLT WAS HELD IN VISE AND A HAND HELD GRINDER USED SIDEWAYS TO CUT THROUGH A 3/4" BOLT.THE GRINDING WHEEL PINCHED AND A 1/2" PIECE BROKE OFF THE WHEEL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FOREARM.

1991 · 1 incident

February 19, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING PIPE FROM PIPELINE-HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN PRYBAR AND PIPE WHEN WIND CAUGHT PIPE.

1990 · 1 incident

November 21, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck against stationary object

WALKING AROUND LOADER STEPPED ON A WRENCH AND SLIPPED WRENCH HIT TOP OF LEFT FOOT FOOT STARTED TO SWELL SUNDAY NIGHT

1983 · 1 incident