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Witherspoon Sand Plant: 119 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Labelle, Glades County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0800308

Witherspoon Sand Plant has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1993–2025
Latest incident
Feb 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
119
citations
33
significant & substantial
$37,586
proposed penalties
$25,188
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,398 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Florida Rock Industries Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
1,108
inspection hours
10.7
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.
119 citations across 1,108 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Witherspoon Sand Plant has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$38K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $17K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.
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.
28.0%
significant & substantial
12.7%
high negligence or reckless
27.1%
reasonably likely or greater
30.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.9% low, 81.4% moderate, 12.7% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 86%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 14%
71%
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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
76%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$17K proposed, $4K 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 2011-05-19.
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 2010-875M Settlement McCarthy 2011 $9K → $2K
SE 2010-863M Settlement McCarthy 2011 $3K → $768
SE 2010-921M Settlement McCarthy 2011 $2K → $118
SE 2011-529 Settlement Barbour 2012 $2K → $586
SE 2010-257M Withdrawal Lesnick 2012 $207 → $0
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: 2025-05-22
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
38
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg31
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (38)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2025-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2025-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2025-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2019-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2016-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2016-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2014-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2014-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2012-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2009-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Pump, Slurry Mix Operator
2009-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 1.9 0.26 Pump, Slurry Mix Operator
2009-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 2.09 0.19 Washer Operator
2009-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 1.76 0.40 Dredge/Barge Operator
2009-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2009-04-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-08-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2001-11-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.97 2.57 0.38 Dredge/Barge Operator
2001-11-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Supervisor, Co. Official
2001-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Witherspoon Sand Plant recorded 4.98 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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.
4.98
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.33 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
2025 * 4.98 0.00 0.000
2024 * 4.49 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 5.63 0.00 0.000
2018 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Florida Rock Industries Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 12
2025 16
2024 17
2023 14
2022 12
2021 10
2020 12
2019 15
2018 13
2017 12
2016 8
2015 6
2014 6
2013 6
2012 6
2011 6
2010 6
2009 7
2008 9
2007 9
2006 9
2005 9
2004 9
2003 9
2002 8
2001 9
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Witherspoon Sand Plant sits in Glades 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.
Glades County, Florida · Population 12,324
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$38,905
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
2026 Q2 6,792 1 0 147.2
2026 Q1 6,272 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 7,783 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,809 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,164 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 12,439 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 11,634 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 11,026 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 10,487 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11,376 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 8,202 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,985 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 10,791 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9,970 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,143 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,312 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,291 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,529 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,734 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,982 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,911 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,622 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,863 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,937 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,180 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 9,356 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,878 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 9,462 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,484 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,711 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 7,574 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 11,403 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,655 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 8,443 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 8,353 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,623 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,325 2 0 240.2
2017 Q1 7,053 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,182 1 0 161.8
2016 Q3 7,633 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,615 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,302 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,120 1 0 242.7
2015 Q3 4,337 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,283 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,632 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,716 1 1 269.1
2014 Q3 3,827 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,030 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,670 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,225 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,984 2 0 502.0
2013 Q1 3,475 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,366 2 0 594.2
2012 Q3 3,607 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,540 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,587 1 0 278.8
2011 Q4 3,304 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,822 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,618 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,134 2 1 638.2
2010 Q4 3,199 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,925 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,705 1 0 269.9
2010 Q1 3,370 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,392 3 0 884.4
2009 Q3 3,448 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,333 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,422 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,153 1 0 240.8
2008 Q3 5,514 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,231 5 0 955.8
2008 Q1 5,562 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,898 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,782 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,780 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,528 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,146 2 0 325.4
2006 Q3 6,111 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,196 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,103 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,336 1 0 187.4
2005 Q3 5,935 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,542 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,357 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,112 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,428 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,244 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,403 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,622 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,234 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,403 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,641 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,315 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,992 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,843 1 0 171.1
2002 Q1 5,352 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,750 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,698 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,476 1 0 182.6
2001 Q1 5,645 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,228 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,381 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,749 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,454 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2025 · 1 incident

February 8, 2025 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was stepping off the work boat onto the dredge when EE's foot slipped through the handrail of the work boat, pinning EE's leg up to the knee. EE didn't go to the clinic until 2/18/2025, they said EE has an infection in the lower part of the leg

2024 · 1 incident

August 12, 2024 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Contact with heat

EE was working outside and stated didn't feel well.

2020 · 1 incident

October 21, 2020 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Fall from machine

Customer Truck Driver, Not a Miner or Contractor: A customer truck driver jumped from the top of the trailer to the ground in an attempt to confront an employee of the mine that was telling customer to get down off the top of the trailer. The driver admittedly knew it was not allowed to climb on the trailer but did so anyway.

2019 · 1 incident

2017 · 1 incident

April 26, 2017 FL · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person POWERED HAULAGE
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was carrying a 4'x4'x10' pontoon with a forklift when the bottom corner of the pontoon contacted the ground causing the pontoon to rotate on the forks contacting the driver side door. Employee put hand up attempting to block the pontoon causing a laceration to left hand.

2010 · 1 incident

January 22, 2010 FL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Fall from ladders

Employee working from step ladder fell approximately 3.5 feet to the ground, landing on his right leg hurting his ankle. 911 was contacted, ambulance responded, and transported to local hospital. Doctors at hospital evaluated his injury and determined he had a broken ankle. Employee is currently off duty until doctor's release him to return his job.

2006 · 1 incident

March 18, 2006 FL · Metal/Non-Metal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Fall from ladders

Employee was working from Ladder removing a Hydraulic hose from Top-Off Machine control block when he lost his balance or footing on ladder step and fell 3 feet to a concrete slab below his work area. Employee tried to catch himself and block his impact with the concrete slab injuring his left arm and wrist.

2004 · 1 incident

November 16, 2004 FL · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO OUTSIDE SCALE PLATFORM TO SPEAK WITH A TRUCK ON SCALES WHEN SHE TRIPPED AND STRUCK SHOULDER ON DOOR FRAME. ORIGINALLY CLASSIFIED AS DOCTOR FIRST AID. MRI RESULTS RECEIVED 12-17-04 WERE POSITIVE FOR ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. RECLASSIFIED AS DR TREATABLE.

2003 · 1 incident

June 7, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING PIECE OF METAL FROM PILE OF METAL, PIECE FLIPPED OVER WRONG AND PINCHED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF METAL. EE WAS WEARING HEAVY WELDING GLOVES WHICH PREVENTED MORE SE RIOUS INJURY TO FINGER. 5 STITCHES TO CLOSE WOUND.

2002 · 1 incident

January 14, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CRANK OUTBOARD BOAT MOTOR, EE IN BENT POSITION, STRAINED BACK WHEN STARTER ROPE KICKED BACK DURING COMPRESSION STROKE OF ENGINE CYCLE.

1999 · 1 incident

October 26, 1999 FL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DURING PUMP REPAIRS, FACEPLATE WAS LEANED UP AGAINST SUCTION PIPE NEAR PUMP. DURING INSTALLATION OF IMPELLER, SUCTION PIPE WAS BUMPED CAUSING FACEPLATE TO FALL OVER KNOCKING EE TO DREDGE DECK ONTO HIS LEGS. SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST AND BROKEN RIGHT LOWER LEG BETWEEN KNEE AND ANKLE.

1993 · 1 incident

October 4, 1993 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LACERATION TO THE LEFT MIDDEL FINGER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR PLASTIC KILL SWITCH KEY FOR OUTBOARD, EMPLOYEE'S KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER.