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St Catherine Mine: 50 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cemex S A
St. Catherine, Sumter County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0800075

St Catherine Mine has $148K in proposed MSHA penalties and $27K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
28
Years on record
1988–2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
11
significant & substantial
$148,106
proposed penalties
$94,350
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $53,756 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
77
inspections on record
888
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: 888 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

St Catherine Mine has $148K in proposed MSHA penalties and $27K 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.
$148K
proposed penalties
$122K
current assessed
$94K
paid to date
$27K
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $114K in penalties contested before the Commission, $88K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-06.
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.
22.0%
significant & substantial
24.0%
high negligence or reckless
24.0%
reasonably likely or greater
34.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 56.0% moderate, 24.0% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 70%
  • Still open 3 · 30%
50%
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%
23%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$114K proposed, $88K 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 2026-05-07.
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 2010-327M Settlement Gill 2011 $109K → $87K
SE 2010-572M Settlement Lewis 2011 $5K → $328
SE 2026-0100 Decision pending
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: 2024-04-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg25
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (27)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2024-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2021-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2018-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2018-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2018-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Oiler, Greaser
2016-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2016-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-11-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2010-01-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2005-11-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Dragline Operator
2005-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2000-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2000-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Oiler, Greaser
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.

St Catherine Mine 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 1.33 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
2009 * 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 * 6.49 0.00 0.000
2004 * 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. St Catherine Rock Company Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. St Catherine Rock Company Inc 1985 to 1989
  3. Florida Crushed Stone Company 1989 to 2000
  4. Rinker Materials Of Florida Inc 2000 to 2003
  5. Florida Crushed Stone 2003 to 2007
  6. Cemex 2007 to 2008
  7. CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 9
2024 9
2023 8
2022 8
2021 7
2020 5
2019 5
2018 5
2017 6
2016 7
2015 4
2014 3
2013 2
2012 4
2011 6
2010 9
2009 11
2008 9
2007 11
2006 13
2005 12
2004 9
2003 9
2002 10
2001 12
2000 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

St Catherine Mine sits in Sumter County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Sumter County, Florida · Population 137,536
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,297
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 5,812 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,195 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,596 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,789 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,342 1 1 187.2
2025 Q1 5,500 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,973 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,809 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,905 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,160 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,284 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,836 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,877 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,957 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,087 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,782 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,543 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,563 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,164 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,546 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,618 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,544 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,884 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,634 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,132 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,959 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,847 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,725 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,131 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,062 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,924 1 0 342.0
2018 Q3 2,906 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,263 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,201 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,552 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,314 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,711 1 0 269.5
2017 Q1 3,629 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,031 2 1 659.8
2016 Q3 3,637 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,565 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,918 1 0 203.3
2015 Q4 3,644 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,424 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,846 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,667 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,730 1 0 578.0
2014 Q3 1,142 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,792 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 986 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,796 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 787 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 762 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 596 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,713 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,872 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,156 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,062 1 0 485.0
2011 Q3 2,535 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,993 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,765 1 0 361.7
2010 Q4 3,187 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,553 2 1 360.2
2010 Q2 5,133 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,397 5 0 926.4
2009 Q4 6,774 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,390 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,481 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,019 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,556 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,339 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,914 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,317 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,011 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,595 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,694 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,139 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,645 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,012 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,816 1 0 146.7
2006 Q1 7,686 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,487 1 0 117.8
2005 Q3 7,427 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,556 2 0 264.7
2005 Q1 7,354 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,420 1 0 155.8
2004 Q3 6,672 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,326 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,357 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,223 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,155 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,112 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,251 1 0 160.0
2002 Q4 5,144 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,286 2 0 466.6
2002 Q2 5,584 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,653 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,760 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,545 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,838 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,300 1 0 158.7
2000 Q4 6,087 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,768 1 0 128.7
2000 Q2 8,772 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 12,443 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

28 on file

2026 · 1 incident

April 6, 2026 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking backwards pulling a water hose and twisted EE's right knee after EE tripped on a 10-inch rock. Taken to doctor for evaluation and diagnosed with knee sprain. Placed on restricted duty.

2025 · 1 incident

May 20, 2025 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was picking up a backpack that contained a folding knife that had inadvertently deployed. When the employee grasped the backpack, the knife cut the distal phalanx of the right index finger, requiring stitches.

2020 · 1 incident

May 11, 2020 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger OTHER
CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE knelt to inspect track pads. EE raised up, felt pop in knee. Knee popped a 2nd time, pain left. Ee cont working. Knee popped a 3rd time. EE called Supv. EE was diagnosed w/a sprain. MRI was ordered at followup visit. EE was diagnosed with Meniscal tear on 06/08/20. EE can no longer cont w/normal work duties. EE sent home pending medical evaluation. 1st shift missed 06/19/20

2009 · 1 incident

July 15, 2009 FL · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The excavator walked in front of the truck, then reached over and put the bucket in the bed of the truck and began to walk backwards, pulling the truck out. When the truck was freed, the truck came forward, striking the windshield of the excavator. The truck struck the walking levers of the excavator which caused it to walk forward. Excavator then pushed truck til it went off.

2005 · 1 incident

September 9, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Crushed Stone · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was fueling his loader. He stepped up on a step that runs along the fuel containment area & grabbed the fuel nozzle. When he stepped off the step, his left foot hit the ground & the ankle rolled inward. EE went to the ground in pain & called his supervisor. He was taken to the hospital. He says the foot just did not hit the ground level.

2000 · 1 incident

October 4, 2000 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rinker Materials Of Florida Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SMASHED TWO FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND WHILE MOVING TIMBERS.

1998 · 1 incident

1993 · 2 incidents

April 13, 1993 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Crushed Stone Company · Fall onto or against objects

WORKING ON 4600 DRAGLINE. WHILE GREASING THE DRAGLINE, EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN SOME GREASE AND SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS LEFT HIP ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. REPORT FROM DR. AT EMERGENCY ROOM STA TES THAT EMPLOYEE HAD A BRUISED LEFT HIP.

1992 · 3 incidents

1991 · 8 incidents

December 23, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Crushed Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON TRUCK AND PULLED MUSCLE

September 24, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Florida Crushed Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHOVEL CAUGH T IN PULLEY & HANDLKE OF SHOVEL CUT HAND

July 10, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Crushed Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED PART FOR REAR END OF TRUCK AND STRAINED BACK.

June 25, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Crushed Stone Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

MIXING EPOXY AND SPLASHED IN EYE.

February 14, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Crushed Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED ON WET GROUND AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LEG.

1990 · 3 incidents

August 4, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Florida Crushed Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BACKING PICKUP TRUCK AND FRONT WHEEL HIT A ROCK. THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN AROUND AND HIT HAND, BREAKING FINGERS.

January 2, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florida Crushed Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ASSEMBLING DRIVE CHAIN ON DRAGLINE. DRIVING PIN INTO PLACE WITH A HAMMER. PIECE OF METAL SPLINTERED OFF PIN AND WENT INTO LEFT FOREARM.

1989 · 3 incidents

1988 · 2 incidents

February 5, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Catherine Rock Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I MEN CHANGING 2OIST CYLINDERS ON FRONT END LOADER-USING A CHAIN JACK TO LET THE BUCKET DOWN-THE CHAIN JACK UNROLLED CAUSING THE BUCKET TO DROP PINNING THE FINGERS OF BOTH MEN.

February 5, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Catherine Rock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

2 MEN CHANGING HOIST CYLINDERS OF FRONT LOADER USING A CHAIN JACK TO LET THE BUCKET DOWN THE CHAIN JACK UNROLLED CAUSING THE BUCKET TO DROP PINNING THE FINGERS OF BOTH MEN