ROCKY CREEK MINE AND MILL has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1987–2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
171
citations
64
significant & substantial
$77,719
proposed penalties
$71,677
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,042 gap.
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: 930 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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: 2011-05-10.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
ROCKY CREEK MINE AND MILL has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$78K
proposed penalties
$73K
current assessed
$72K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
169 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-06.
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 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.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 67%
Vacated or withdrawn
3 · 33%
17%
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%
86%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $2K 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 2009-08-24.
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.
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: 2025-07-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (16)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-07-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-07-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-07-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-11-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
10
0.03
Truck Driver
2016-11-03
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.58
10
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-11-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2012-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2012-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2005-10-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-10-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-10-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-10-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-10-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
ROCKY CREEK MINE AND MILL 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 1.31 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 *
4.04
4.04
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
20
2025
20
2024
18
2023
19
2022
16
2021
17
2020
17
2019
15
2018
16
2017
18
2016
19
2015
21
2014
21
2013
16
2012
18
2011
20
2010
20
2009
19
2008
21
2007
26
2006
22
2005
20
2004
22
2003
25
2002
24
2001
20
2000
21
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
ROCKY CREEK MINE AND MILL sits in Jackson County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Jackson County, Florida · Population 47,652
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$47,327
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
12,133
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
10,771
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
12,247
1
0
81.7
2025 Q3
12,946
1
1
77.2
2025 Q2
12,873
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
11,545
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
11,601
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
12,569
1
0
79.6
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
11,559
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
8,453
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
11,818
1
0
84.6
2023 Q3
12,552
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
13,061
2
2
153.1
2023 Q1
12,123
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
9,581
1
0
104.4
2022 Q3
11,072
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
11,234
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
10,541
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
8,548
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
11,017
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
11,261
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
10,384
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
11,345
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
11,063
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
11,488
4
1
348.2
2020 Q1
9,817
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
9,957
2
1
200.9
2019 Q3
9,524
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
9,896
2
0
202.1
2019 Q1
8,760
1
0
114.2
2018 Q4
8,676
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
10,717
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
10,981
1
0
91.1
2018 Q1
10,306
1
0
97.0
2017 Q4
10,866
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
11,349
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
13,025
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
12,954
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
12,353
1
0
81.0
2016 Q3
11,703
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
11,148
3
1
269.1
2016 Q1
11,389
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
12,987
4
2
308.0
2015 Q3
13,021
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
14,240
4
2
280.9
2015 Q1
12,989
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
14,913
5
3
335.3
2014 Q3
12,976
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
13,097
1
0
76.4
2014 Q1
10,484
2
0
190.8
2013 Q4
10,475
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
9,259
2
0
216.0
2013 Q2
8,703
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
8,519
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
9,265
3
1
323.8
2012 Q3
9,504
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
10,184
1
0
98.2
2012 Q1
9,811
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
12,324
3
1
243.4
2011 Q3
13,013
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
13,309
2
1
150.3
2011 Q1
12,335
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
12,589
6
2
476.6
2010 Q3
14,858
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
13,194
3
2
227.4
2010 Q1
11,002
1
0
90.9
2009 Q4
13,374
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
11,597
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
11,240
2
0
177.9
2009 Q1
11,295
6
1
531.2
2008 Q4
12,529
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
12,651
7
1
553.3
2008 Q2
15,112
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
16,314
9
4
551.7
2007 Q4
18,201
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
20,491
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
20,376
12
5
588.9
2007 Q1
18,097
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
15,971
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
17,236
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
16,960
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
14,730
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
15,277
9
8
589.1
2005 Q3
13,380
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
13,154
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
13,099
10
4
763.4
2004 Q4
12,132
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
13,693
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
14,233
4
1
281.0
2004 Q1
13,940
7
2
502.2
2003 Q4
15,901
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
12,613
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
12,167
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
11,629
5
3
430.0
2002 Q4
12,519
4
1
319.5
2002 Q3
13,097
5
2
381.8
2002 Q2
11,776
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
12,014
2
1
166.5
2001 Q4
13,337
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
12,786
1
0
78.2
2001 Q2
12,968
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
9,952
2
0
201.0
2000 Q4
12,993
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
15,541
16
8
1029.5
2000 Q2
16,018
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
9,737
5
0
513.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
21 on file
2023 · 1 incident
June 29, 2023FL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
An accident occurred this day at 8:36 a.m. when the operator of the wheeled front end loader (Komatsu WA500 #YL1) was ejected from the cab and landed on the ground next to the rear tire of the loader. The operator was in the process of loading an off-road haul truck at the shot material stockpile, when an approximately 1.75-inch hydraulic line for the bucket lift cylinder failed.
2011 · 1 incident
October 14, 2011FL · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manMACHINERY
The employee was trimming oak trees out of planted pine trees with a set of lopers and a chain saw. He let the chain saw get into the lower left front of his leg, causing a 1&1/2 inch laceration.
2009 · 2 incidents
August 4, 2009FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE and co-worker were attaching a Batwing Mower to a 5400 John Deere Farm tractor. EE had put on the PTO Shaft and pulled backward on the shaft to make sure it was locked on. The shaft slipped off and dropped about 6", mashing and cutting the tip of his little finger on his left hand. He was transported to Jackson Hospital by a company vehicle.
Four men were on the ground prying with a 16 ft bar trying to turn a 36 in crusher drive pulley. The prybar was placed behing a bolt and against the pulley. The bar slipped off the bolt and the bar moved toward injured and he started to fall backward. He rotated to catch on his hands and his right leg came across a bar laying on the ground.
2003 · 1 incident
February 19, 2003FL · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dolomite Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WORKING ON AN AIR OPERATED GREASE PUMP. GREASE PUMP HAD AIR LEAK. PLACED HAND NEAR TO SEE WHERE AIR WAS COMING FROM AND THE AIR PISTON CAME DOWN AND MASHED FINGERS. THE AMPUTATION WAS JUST BEL OW THE NAIL OF MIDDLE FINGER, 1ST KNUCKLE.
Dolomite Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE WAS REPLACING A V-BELT ON A LINE (CONVEYOR) THAT FEEDS THE HAMMER MILL AND HE PUSHED TOO HARD. FELT PAIN IN BACK. PER EE. NOTE: THIS EE HURT HIS BACK IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR AND IS STILL ON LI GHT DUTY FROM THAT ACCIDENT.
June 16, 1997FL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE EMPLOYEE SETS IN A BOOTH TO WATCH THE PLANT. TO GET TO THIS BOOTH, THERE ARE STEPS TO WALK UP AND DOWN. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THESE STEPS, CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
1995 · 1 incident
November 28, 1995FL · Metal/Non-Metalassistant mine foreman, assistant mine managerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
COMING DOWN ROCK WASHER STEPS - FELL, HIT HEAD AND FOREARM.
1991 · 1 incident
November 21, 1991FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
REPAIRING TIRE.WHILE DISMOUNTING TIRE FROM RIM PULLED SHOULDER AND HURT IT.
1990 · 2 incidents
September 20, 1990FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON