Mining Incidents

ROCK PIT # 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Donald L Harmon
Collier County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801025

ROCK PIT # 1 has $2K 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
5
Years on record
1988–1994
Latest incident
Aug 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
9
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,324
proposed penalties
$1,914
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $410 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
64
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: 64 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ROCK PIT # 1 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-09-18.
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
2001 Q3 2,208 3 0 1358.7
2001 Q2 1,856 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,945 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,111 3 1 1421.1
2000 Q3 2,189 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,988 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,820 3 3 1648.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1994 · 1 incident

August 22, 1994 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harmon Brothers Rock Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK CRUSHER IMPELLER HIT LEG. BROKEN LEFT LOWER LEG AND TOES.

1993 · 1 incident

June 25, 1993 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harmon Brothers Rock Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON BACK OF TRUCK AND CUTT ING A BEARING FROM A BELT PULLEY ON CRUSHER. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND REACHED UP TO THE PULLEY TOCATCH HIMSELF. HE PIERCED PALM ON THE RIGHT HAND ON LOOSE METAL FILLINGS.

1990 · 1 incident

May 2, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harmon Brothers Rock Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED ON ROCK PILE AND TWISTED RIGHT LEG AT KNEE AND ANKLE. DID NOT REPORT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT ON 5/2/90. REINJURED LEG ON MAY 9, 1990 BY WALKING AROUND CRUSHER AND HITTING RIGHT LEG ON TONG UE OF CRUSHER. DOCTOR HAS ASKED FOR X-RAYS OF KNEE TO DETERMINE IF INJURY IS SEVERE. AT THIS TIME DIAGNOSED AS SPRAIN OF KNEE.

1989 · 1 incident

August 15, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Harmon Brothers Rock Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE LOADING CRUSHER WITH ROCK, A STEEL TOOTH FROM DRAGLINE BUCKET WAS ACCIDENTALLY LOADED. WHEN TOOTH WAS EJECTED FROM CRUSHER, PIECES OF ROCK FLEW OUT AND ONE PIECE HIT LEFT EYE.

1988 · 1 incident

March 9, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harmon Brothers Rock Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A CHAIN WAS CAUGHT IN SOME WOOD CRIBBING. VICTIM WAS PULLING ON IT TO FLIP IT LOOSE AND IT RECOILED BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH CHIPPING A FRONT TOOTH. THERE WAS NO LIFE-THREAT OR WORK TIME LOST.

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