Mining Incidents

Watermelon Pit Metal/Non-Metal

CJC Shell LLC. · Surface
Controlled by Jessica Lehr
Arcadia, Charlotte County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0801392

Watermelon Pit has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K 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 2013
105
citations
20
significant & substantial
$26,395
proposed penalties
$18,585
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,810 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
33
inspections on record
388
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: 388 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Watermelon Pit has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 3,105 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,935 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,090 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,235 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,552 2 1 305.3
2024 Q3 6,569 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 7,064 3 1 424.7
2024 Q1 6,971 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,471 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,171 1 0 239.8
2020 Q2 6,552 2 0 305.3
2020 Q1 7,175 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,868 4 0 582.4
2019 Q3 7,787 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,840 6 1 765.3
2019 Q1 2,250 7 2 3111.1
2018 Q4 2,320 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,620 11 3 1661.6
2018 Q2 5,770 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,640 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 480 10 2 20833.3
2017 Q3 1,450 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,160 5 0 2314.8
2017 Q1 880 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 800 6 1 7500.0
2016 Q3 920 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 960 11 4 11458.3
2016 Q1 1,160 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 860 12 2 13953.5
2015 Q3 740 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 740 6 0 8108.1
2015 Q1 740 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,000 2 1 2000.0
2014 Q2 590 5 1 8474.6
2014 Q1 1,130 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 730 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 883 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 570 1 0 1754.4
2013 Q1 900 4 0 4444.4
2012 Q4 480 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.

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