Mining Incidents

SAWGRASS QUARRY: 82 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by OHL Group (Spain)
HIALEAH, Miami-Dade County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801024

SAWGRASS QUARRY has $17K 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
2
Years on record
2015–2017
Latest incident
Feb 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
82
citations
25
significant & substantial
$16,694
proposed penalties
$16,694
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
66
inspections on record
785
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: 785 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SAWGRASS QUARRY has $17K 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-02-26.
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.
30.5%
significant & substantial
20.7%
high negligence or reckless
30.5%
reasonably likely or greater
53.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.4% low, 76.8% moderate, 20.7% 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: 2018-01-04, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-01-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2018-01-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Bulldozer Operator
2018-01-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2015-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2012-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2012-03-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Mechanic
2009-04-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Scale Man
2004-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2004-05-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Backhoe Operator
2003-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Oiler, Greaser
2003-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2003-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 2.32 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

SAWGRASS QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.

Injury rate, 2018
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 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.66 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
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
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
* 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. Community Asphalt Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 0
2020 6
2019 13
2018 13
2017 11
2016 11
2015 13
2014 12
2013 13
2012 12
2011 11
2010 15
2009 11
2008 22
2007 15
2006 17
2005 16
2004 16
2003 38
2002 26
2001 15
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SAWGRASS QUARRY sits in Miami-Dade County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Miami-Dade County, Florida · Population 2,685,296
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$68,694
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 Q1 0 1 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 444 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,527 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,681 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,524 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,901 0 0 0.0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 4,418 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,989 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,314 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,396 2 0 370.6
2018 Q1 5,098 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,164 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,179 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,246 1 0 235.5
2017 Q1 4,597 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,686 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,650 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,198 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,976 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,139 2 0 483.2
2015 Q3 4,945 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,825 1 0 207.3
2015 Q1 4,696 1 0 212.9
2014 Q4 4,829 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,013 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,407 2 0 453.8
2014 Q1 4,964 1 0 201.5
2013 Q4 3,854 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,462 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,478 4 0 1150.1
2013 Q1 3,577 6 2 1677.4
2012 Q4 3,027 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,582 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,602 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,382 3 0 887.0
2011 Q3 4,472 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,328 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,301 5 1 943.2
2010 Q4 5,355 2 0 373.5
2010 Q3 5,500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,192 7 5 2193.0
2010 Q1 2,635 2 2 759.0
2009 Q4 2,850 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,283 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,162 1 1 240.3
2009 Q1 5,271 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,188 1 0 161.6
2008 Q3 7,503 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,603 1 1 116.2
2008 Q1 9,073 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,433 8 2 948.7
2007 Q3 7,462 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,264 3 1 363.0
2007 Q1 7,959 3 1 376.9
2006 Q4 7,346 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,637 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,066 2 1 220.6
2006 Q1 9,651 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,113 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,321 1 1 120.2
2005 Q2 9,604 1 0 104.1
2005 Q1 8,291 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,233 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,845 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,285 1 0 107.7
2004 Q1 9,978 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,199 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,626 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,120 3 1 369.5
2003 Q1 9,675 2 1 206.7
2002 Q4 7,482 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,531 1 0 153.1
2002 Q2 6,199 3 1 483.9
2002 Q1 7,540 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,669 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,986 3 0 300.4
2001 Q2 4,015 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,856 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,029 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,327 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,627 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,361 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

February 15, 2017 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Community Asphalt Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Supervisor was helping to move a wooden light pole and left thumb pinched as second employee on opposite end of pole moved the end.

2015 · 1 incident

November 30, 2015 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Community Asphalt Corp · Struck by falling object

Employee was working on a rock crusher. He was changing a cove or belt roller. Almost at the end of the operation the roller came loose, swinging down and striking his foot.