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Strip #1: 132 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by SAS Contracting
Carrabelle, Liberty County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801265

Strip #1 has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $39K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
132
citations
45
significant & substantial
$54,810
proposed penalties
$12,966
paid to date
24% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $41,844 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Gulf Coast Aggregates, L.L.C.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
813
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: 813 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Strip #1 has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $39K 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.
$55K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$39K
outstanding
131 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $29K in penalties contested before the Commission, $26K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-01-22.
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.
34.4%
significant & substantial
19.8%
high negligence or reckless
34.4%
reasonably likely or greater
55.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.9% low, 73.3% moderate, 19.8% 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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 88%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 13%
100%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
10%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$29K proposed, $26K 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 2017-01-19.
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 2017-0080 Settlement Paez 2017 $28K → $25K
SE 2008-201M Default Lesnick 2010 $190 → $190
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: 2016-09-20, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2004-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Washer Operator
2004-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2004-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.37 0.22 Mechanic
2004-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 2.74 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.82 0.09 Supervisor, Co. Official
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.

Strip #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.

Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ 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 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.77 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
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 9.04 9.04 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. Langwood Industries Inc 1998 to 2004
  2. Gulf Coast Aggregates, L.L.C. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 3
2017 10
2016 5
2015 14
2014 17
2013 7
2012 5
2011 5
2010 5
2009 7
2008 9
2007 13
2006 11
2005 9
2004 11
2000 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Strip #1 sits in Liberty County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Liberty County, Florida · Population 7,650
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$53,824
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
2018 Q2 1,040 1 0 961.5
2018 Q1 1,040 5 1 4807.7
2017 Q4 4,859 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,973 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,807 1 1 208.0
2017 Q1 2,615 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,665 7 3 1910.0
2016 Q3 2,315 0 0 0.0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 2,366 4 1 1690.6
2016 Q1 1,981 7 2 3533.6
2015 Q4 3,153 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,339 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,346 3 1 472.7
2015 Q1 8,226 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 10,442 2 1 191.5
2014 Q3 11,421 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 10,145 2 0 197.1
2014 Q1 4,517 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,023 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,311 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,420 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,615 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,539 1 0 649.8
2012 Q3 2,067 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,944 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,826 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,916 1 0 521.9
2011 Q3 1,929 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,049 2 0 976.1
2011 Q1 1,857 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,964 1 0 509.2
2010 Q3 1,918 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,343 2 2 853.6
2010 Q1 2,390 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,858 3 1 1614.6
2009 Q3 1,476 3 2 2032.5
2009 Q2 1,492 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,856 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,330 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,362 1 0 297.4
2008 Q2 3,900 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,904 2 0 338.8
2007 Q4 6,259 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,885 1 1 169.9
2007 Q2 5,470 4 0 731.3
2007 Q1 4,519 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,780 1 0 209.2
2006 Q3 3,827 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,729 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,506 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,933 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,979 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,961 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,285 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,708 1 0 175.2
2004 Q3 11,084 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,909 3 1 767.5
2004 Q1 825 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,643 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,461 13 2 2012.1
2000 Q1 9,267 4 2 431.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 1 incident

August 7, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Gulf Coast Aggregates, L.L.C. · Struck by falling object

Miner was getting ready to clear a plugged conveyor when a 2 1/2 to 3" rock fell from an overhead conveyor and hit him in the right side of head, right behind his ear.

2005 · 1 incident

November 9, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gulf Coast Aggregates, L.L.C. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF THE EXCAVATOR WHILE ALSO SHUTTING THE DOOR TO THE EXCAVATOR. HE HAD HIS HAND IN THE DOOR JAM INSTEAD OF THE HANDRAIL. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS SLAMMED IN THE DOOR.