Mining Incidents

SUWANNEE PIT: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Harlis R Ellington Construction Incrorporated · Surface
Controlled by Mary Alice Ellington
Branford, Suwannee County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0801135

SUWANNEE PIT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
23
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,536
proposed penalties
$1,200
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,336 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
287
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: 287 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 PIT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-08-23.
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.
21.7%
significant & substantial
52.2%
high negligence or reckless
21.7%
reasonably likely or greater
65.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.3% low, 43.5% moderate, 52.2% 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: 2004-04-22, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2004-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2000-12-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2000-12-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2000-12-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-12-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Backhoe Operator
2000-12-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 2.82 0.14 Bulldozer 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.
Ownership history
  1. Tim-Prep Inc 1989 to 1991
  2. Harlis R Ellington Construction Incorporated 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 3
2006 3
2005 4
2004 3
2003 2
2002 3
2001 4
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SUWANNEE PIT 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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 1,035 3 0 2898.6
2007 Q2 1,646 2 0 1215.1
2007 Q1 1,728 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,426 2 0 1402.5
2006 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,836 1 1 544.7
2005 Q4 2,415 1 0 414.1
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 2,160 2 0 925.9
2005 Q2 2,980 1 0 335.6
2005 Q1 3,000 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,860 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,215 1 0 823.0
2004 Q1 1,380 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 450 1 0 2222.2
2003 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 350 1 0 2857.1
2003 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,140 2 1 1754.4
2002 Q3 1,800 2 2 1111.1
2002 Q2 2,052 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,376 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,818 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,103 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,908 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,639 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,602 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.