Mining Incidents

TSB Quarry: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Newberry, Alachua County, FL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800039

TSB Quarry has $3K 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
5
Years on record
1987–2007
Latest incident
May 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
19
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,040
proposed penalties
$2,875
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $165 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
340
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: 340 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

TSB Quarry has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $475 in penalties contested before the Commission, $310 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-09-10.
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.
42.1%
significant & substantial
21.1%
high negligence or reckless
42.1%
reasonably likely or greater
78.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.5% low, 68.4% moderate, 21.1% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$475 proposed, $310 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 2006-10-16.
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 2007-24M Settlement Bulluck 2007 $475 → $310
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: 2006-01-24, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-01-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2006-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2003-01-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-01-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2003-01-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Bulldozer Operator
2003-01-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Houdaille-Duval-Wright 1950 to 1980
  2. Gate Asphalt Company 1980 to 1983
  3. Florida Rock Industries Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 7
2007 7
2006 7
2005 7
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

TSB Quarry sits in Alachua 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.
Alachua County, Florida · Population 281,751
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$59,659
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
2008 Q4 4,152 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,468 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,419 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,356 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,892 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,811 1 0 262.4
2007 Q2 4,058 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,857 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 4,343 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,425 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,561 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,543 2 2 440.2
2005 Q4 4,607 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,628 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,733 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,937 3 1 762.0
2004 Q4 3,568 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,191 1 0 313.4
2004 Q2 3,249 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,182 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,041 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,199 1 1 312.6
2003 Q2 3,100 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,111 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,330 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,421 3 1 876.9
2002 Q2 2,904 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,261 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,895 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,156 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,146 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,401 1 0 294.0
2000 Q4 3,014 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,560 2 0 561.8
2000 Q2 4,076 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,696 1 0 270.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

May 3, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was handling a rubber hose which places concrete. Rubber hose was being cleaned out after use. The rubber hose "flopped" around when being cleaned, striking employee in left inner arm (bicep area). Causing a contusion.

February 28, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee manually handling a 8 foot long piece of channel iron which "rolled" up onto his right ring finger causing a fracture to finger.

2005 · 1 incident

February 18, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by flying object

He was using torch to cut chain on floor of crusher when metal blew back in face.

1988 · 1 incident

August 5, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE STARTING CRUSHER ENGINE PULLING THROTTLE CABLE TO REV ENGINE, PIECE OF CABLE BLEW IN RIGHT EYE. THIS WAS NEW CABLE AND EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

1987 · 1 incident