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Sandland Plant: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Lake Wales, Polk County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800407

Sandland Plant has $3K 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
3
Years on record
1985–2014
Latest incident
Jul 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,531
proposed penalties
$2,531
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Florida Rock Industries Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
355
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: 355 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sandland Plant has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-11-21.
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.
41.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
41.2%
reasonably likely or greater
29.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.6% low, 82.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2018-04-04, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-04-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-04-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.93 0.19 Cleanup Man
2006-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2006-01-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Utility Man
2006-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2006-01-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-08-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
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.

Sandland Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.78 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
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 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. Dolime Minerals Company 1950 to 1979
  2. Florida Rock Industries Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 0
2020 0
2019 2
2018 3
2017 4
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 1
2008 2
2007 5
2006 9
2005 8
2004 10
2003 8
2002 8
2001 8
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sandland 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
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 1,280 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,060 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,107 0 0 0.0
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 1,180 1 0 847.5
2019 Q1 802 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,304 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,330 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,185 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,432 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,803 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,918 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,662 1 0 601.7
2017 Q1 1,897 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,865 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,860 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,930 1 1 518.1
2016 Q1 1,352 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,427 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,198 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 994 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 799 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,471 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,639 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,298 1 1 770.4
2014 Q1 1,036 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 107 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 757 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 213 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 374 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,096 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,372 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,924 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,836 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,999 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,667 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,794 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,109 1 1 163.7
2005 Q4 6,173 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,790 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,988 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,383 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,316 1 0 158.3
2004 Q3 5,931 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,751 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,788 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,006 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,420 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,187 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,580 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,204 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,820 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,308 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,798 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,438 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,098 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,472 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,743 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,433 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,091 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,065 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 8,024 2 1 249.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2014 · 1 incident

July 16, 2014 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a 5 gallon pail of oil from the back of a pickup truck to take to the oil containment area when he felt pain in his neck. He sought medical attention, diagnosed with a neck strain and is currently on restricted duty.

1988 · 1 incident

August 29, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FREEING BOAT UP BETWEEN BANK AND DREDGE FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN BOAT AND RAILING ON DREDGE

1985 · 1 incident

May 28, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS OPENING/CLOSING R/R CAR DOORS. WHEN HE PULLED ON A BAR HE WRENCHED BACK. HE THOUGH HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK. LATER DIAGNOSED AS SLIPPED DISC & PINCHED NERVE WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY.