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.
174 citations across 1,014 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sun West Mine has $93K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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.
$93K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
171 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $54K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-11-12.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 50%
Stood as issued
1 · 50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
77%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$53K proposed, $12K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2022-01-26.
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: 2020-01-30, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2020-01-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2020-01-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2020-01-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
10
0.03
Mechanic
2013-02-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2013-02-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2004-03-31
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.43
10
0.04
Belt Vulcanizer
2004-03-31
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Mechanic
2004-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-31
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Oiler, Greaser
2000-07-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-07-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2000-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.85
1.54
0.55
Oiler, Greaser
2000-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.02
0.22
Mechanic
2000-07-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.4
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.
Sun West Mine 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
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
8.54
8.54
0.000
2009 *
0.00
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2022
0
2021
6
2020
8
2019
8
2018
8
2017
8
2016
10
2015
13
2014
16
2013
11
2012
13
2011
14
2010
12
2009
13
2008
9
2007
4
2006
5
2005
9
2004
17
2003
24
2002
18
2001
23
2000
24
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Sun West Mine sits in Pasco 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.
Pasco County, Florida · Population 588,758
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$67,384
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
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q3
2,400
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,920
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
3,360
1
0
297.6
2020 Q4
3,141
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
3,570
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,306
3
0
907.4
2020 Q1
4,028
1
0
248.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4
3,205
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,352
1
0
739.6
2019 Q2
4,140
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
4,018
1
0
248.9
2018 Q4
4,120
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
498
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
4,267
6
5
1406.1
2018 Q1
3,034
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,479
2
0
574.9
2017 Q3
4,160
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
3,520
2
0
568.2
2017 Q1
3,040
6
0
1973.7
2016 Q4
3,065
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,268
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
5,354
1
0
186.8
2016 Q1
5,267
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
6,534
3
1
459.1
2015 Q3
7,826
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,642
2
0
261.7
2015 Q1
6,118
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
8,929
7
0
784.0
2014 Q3
7,853
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
7,364
1
0
135.8
2014 Q1
6,118
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,646
1
0
215.2
2013 Q3
5,251
3
1
571.3
2013 Q2
5,201
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
5,007
1
0
199.7
2012 Q4
5,411
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,812
1
0
172.1
2012 Q2
7,169
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
7,927
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
7,615
5
2
656.6
2011 Q3
8,160
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,971
4
2
573.8
2011 Q1
5,571
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
5,984
7
2
1169.8
2010 Q3
6,936
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
6,344
4
1
630.5
2010 Q1
4,146
7
2
1688.4
2009 Q4
6,327
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
6,509
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
4,599
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
2,794
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,397
1
0
185.3
2008 Q3
4,275
3
0
701.8
2008 Q2
4,769
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5,502
2
0
363.5
2007 Q4
1,909
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,884
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,463
14
3
5684.1
2007 Q1
2,730
1
1
366.3
2006 Q4
2,912
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,399
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
3,484
5
0
1435.1
2006 Q1
3,596
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,875
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,410
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,223
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,979
2
1
401.7
2004 Q4
6,440
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,258
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
10,521
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
10,209
22
10
2155.0
2003 Q4
7,112
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
7,204
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,462
7
1
827.2
2003 Q1
9,985
7
2
701.1
2002 Q4
11,386
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
8,777
1
1
113.9
2002 Q2
9,428
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
10,671
2
1
187.4
2001 Q4
11,631
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
12,485
7
3
560.7
2001 Q2
14,194
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
14,714
5
1
339.8
2000 Q4
10,796
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
14,777
17
8
1150.4
2000 Q2
14,132
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
14,347
7
2
487.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
32 on file
2010 · 1 incident
November 10, 2010FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Doing maintenance on crusher cleaned lime stone from pulley "after completing maintenance" the crusher tail pulley was moving got screw driver caught in pulley. Pulled right arm through pulley.
2001 · 2 incidents
November 28, 2001FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
GRINDING STEEL HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE.
January 29, 2001FL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sun West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REPLACING WEDGE IN DRAG CABLE SOCKET, PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF SLEDGE HAMMER AND PIERCED UPPER RIGHT ARM.
October 9, 1991FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sun West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MECHANIC WAS REMOVING HYDRAULIC OIL PAN.PAN SLIPPED AND CUT HAND ,3 STITCHES.
HELPING EMPLOYEE REMOVE WEDGE IN DRAGLINE BUCKET PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO FINGER AND EMPLOYEE THOUGHT HE HAD IT OUT WENT TO DR. ON 12-20-89. HE GOT X-RAY FOUND METAL STILL IN FINGER. ON 1-19 -90, DR. REMOVED METAL.
August 24, 1989FL · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sun West Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
OILER WAS PRESSURE CLEANING DRAGLINE (2400) AND GREASE AND CRATER SPLATTERED ON ARMS (NO CLEANING FLUID WAS USED - ONLY WATER).. SORES HAVE DEVELOPED ON RIGHT AND LEFT ARMS BELOW ELBOWS.
1987 · 3 incidents
August 28, 1987FL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
BENT OVER TO PI7K UP GREASE GUN AND HIT HIS HEAD ON SAFETY RAIL OF DRAGLINE, DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT FOR 2 DAYS AND SAID HE WASN'T HURT THEN HE WENT TO DR. & DR. SAID TO STAY OUT OF WORK FOR 1 WEEK-DR. APP. 5-12-86.
March 17, 1986FL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING WINDSHIELD OF LOADER WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED & A PIECE OF GLASS CUT HIS ARM APPROX 7 STICHES
January 20, 1986FL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 OFF CRUSHER, SLIPPED ON STEPS HIT FACE ON STEEL BRACE AND CUT FACE AND CHEEK.
1985 · 2 incidents
December 12, 1985FL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON