Silica Plant, Polk County, Florida: 50 MSHA citations

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Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.

Silica Plant is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Polk County, Florida, operated by Standard Sand & Silica Company with 7 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0800307). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 50 citations and orders there with $44,087 in proposed penalties, and 4 accident reports were filed there, with 3 injury or illness cases.

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MSHA mine ID: 0800307
Status: Active since November 1, 2005
Main commodity: Construction sand and gravel
Mine type: Surface
County: Polk County, Florida
Nearest town: Davenport
Operator: Standard Sand & Silica Company
Employees: 7
MSHA field office: Bartow FL Field Office
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022: 50
Significant and substantial: 20 (40.0%)
Closure orders: 1
High negligence or reckless: 6
Proposed penalties: $44,087
Amount paid so far: $44,087
Inspections: 19
Inspector hours on site: 197
Citations per inspection: 2.63 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports: 4
Injury and illness cases: 3
Fatalities: 0
Latest MSHA record: August 25, 2026
Citations issued to contractors here: 1 ($143 proposed)

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

Year	Citations and orders	Significant and substantial	Proposed penalties	Injury and illness cases
2022	6	3	$8,225	0
2023	10	5	$2,181	0
2024	18	7	$9,889	2
2025	8	3	$18,677	0
2026	8	2	$5,115	1

Standards cited most at Silica Plant

Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.

Standard	What the part covers	Citations
30 CFR 56.14112	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	8
30 CFR 56.14107	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	6
30 CFR 56.20003	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	6
30 CFR 56.14100	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	4
30 CFR 56.12032	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	3
30 CFR 56.18002	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	3
30 CFR 56.5001	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	3
30 CFR 56.4102	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	2
30 CFR 56.12018	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	2
30 CFR 56.12004	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	2
30 CFR 56.11001	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	2
30 CFR 56.4101	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	1
30 CFR 56.12028	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	1
30 CFR 56.14109	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	1
30 CFR 56.16005	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	1

Injury and illness cases at Silica Plant

Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.

Degree	Cases
Days away from work or restricted activity	1
No lost time, or an occupational illness	2

What the accident reports at Silica Plant describe

Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.

Classification	Reports
Handling of materials	1
Handtools (nonpowered)	1
Other	1
Slip or fall of person	1

Equipment named in accident reports at Silica Plant

Equipment	Reports
Hand tools (not powered)	1

Other open mines in Polk County, Florida

Mine	Operator	County	Main commodity	Employees	Citations since 2022
Four Corners	Imc Phosphates Company	Polk County, FL	Phosphate rock	500	269
South Fort Meade Mine	Imc Phosphates Company	Polk County, FL	Phosphate rock	216	134
Flint Plant	Standard Sand & Silica Company	Polk County, FL	Construction sand and gravel	3	68
Lake Wales Dry Plant	Standard Sand & Silica Company	Polk County, FL	Construction sand and gravel	9	59
Mineral Grow	Mineral Grow	Polk County, FL	Phosphate rock	3	17
Davenport Sand Mine	Cemex Construction Materials Florida, LLC	Polk County, FL	Construction sand and gravel	13	5
Conrad Sand	I-4 Sand Company LLC	Polk County, FL	Sand, common	3	5
Lake Wales Sand Mine	Cemex Construction Materials Florida, LLC	Polk County, FL	Sand, common	13	3
Kathleen Mine	Kathleen Mine LLC	Polk County, FL	Crushed, broken limestone	12	2
Cypress Sand	I-4 Sand Company LLC	Polk County, FL	Sand, common	7	2
Green Bay Mine	E R Jahna Industries Inc	Polk County, FL	Sand, common	21	1
Gator Sand Mine	Cemex Construction Materials Florida, LLC	Polk County, FL	Sand, common	11	1
Haines City Mine	E R Jahna Industries Inc	Polk County, FL	Construction sand and gravel	11	0
Diamond Sand Plant	Florida Rock Industries Inc	Polk County, FL	Sand, common	7	0
Grove Sand	I-4 Sand Company LLC	Polk County, FL	Sand, common	6	0

US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.