SUWANNEE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2001–2019
Latest incident
Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
64
citations
21
significant & substantial
$62,562
proposed penalties
$41,562
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,000 gap.
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: 724 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SUWANNEE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$63K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $52K in penalties contested before the Commission, $32K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-04-19.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
40%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$52K proposed, $32K 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 2012-09-26.
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: 2023-05-23, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2023-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2023-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2018-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-24
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Backhoe Operator
2015-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2011-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-08
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.14
10
0.11
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2003-06-04
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.46
10
0.05
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-11
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.57
10
0.06
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-11
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.51
10
0.05
Front-end Loader 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
3
2024
3
2023
3
2022
3
2021
3
2020
3
2019
3
2018
3
2017
3
2016
3
2015
3
2014
3
2013
2
2012
2
2011
2
2010
2
2009
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
2
2005
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
4
2001
4
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
SUWANNEE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS sits in Suwannee County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Suwannee County, Florida · Population 44,484
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$55,479
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
EE was assisting in the tubing of the hole. EE's left 4th finger was caught between the drilling tube and the carbide edge of the drill bit when the tube suddenly bouyed up due to the water table. EE suffered lacerations to the finger.
EE (truck driver) was sitting in truck while being loaded with overburden and the load hit the truck bed and shook it violently causing lower back injury.
EE was helping Mechanic remove the pulley that is attached to the shaft of the vibrator on the Rock Crusher. The bolts had been removed from the Pulley, for removal from shaft. EE was inside Hopper Frame removing belts from top & bottom Pulley's when top Pulley fell onto his left wrist causing a Laceration
2010 · 1 incident
March 3, 2010FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was using a wrench to tighten a bolt on Branford Mine scale. Wrench slipped, causing employee to almost fall down. Employee injured left knee while preventing fall.
2009 · 2 incidents
August 24, 2009FL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was lifting engine hood on excavator. The hood hinges were not working properly causing employee to jerk up on hood to open, which caused injury to lower back.
April 28, 2009FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shop Mechanic was working on a Rock Crusher. When he tried to start Rock Crusher, the starter locked up and started to smoke. Shop Mechanic ran to his vehicle to get a wrench to unhook battery and tripped and fell on left shoulder causing chest pain on left side.
2008 · 1 incident
January 28, 2008FL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was entering bathroom in Mine Office. Door sticks and has to be lifted slightly by handle to open. Employee felt sharp pain in middle back when door was lifted to open. Pain is not in spine, but on each side of spine. Appears to be a muscle strain.
2002 · 1 incident
January 15, 2002FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
TRUCK DRIVER GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK, UNKNOWN TO MINE SUPERVISOR AND STEPPED UP ONTO LOADER. IN THE PROCESS OF CLIMBING ONTO LOADER, THE DRIVER FELL AND CAUGHT THE CORNER OF THE STEP WITH THE INS IDE OF R LEG JUST BELOW THE KNEE CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND THAT REQUIRED 2 STITCHES. TRUCK DRIVER HAD PRIOR SITE SPECIFICS.
EE WAS SHOVELING ROCK FROM UNDER ROCK CRUSHER AND PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 7-23-01. EE WAS DX WITH A RIGHT INHGUINAL HERNIA SECOND DEGREE SHOVLING. EE WAS OUT FORE 42 DAY AFTER A 2" HERNIA REPAIR.