Data / Mines / Florida / South Fort Meade Mine
South Fort Meade Mine: 134 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
South Fort Meade Mine is a nonproducing phosphate rock surface mine in Polk County, Florida, operated by Imc Phosphates Company with 216 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0801183). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 134 citations and orders there with $43,049 in proposed penalties, and 22 accident reports were filed there, with 22 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0801183
- Status
- NonProducing since October 6, 2026
- Main commodity
- Phosphate rock
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Polk County, Florida
- Nearest town
- Ft. Meade
- Operator
- Imc Phosphates Company
- Parent company
- Mosaic Company
- Employees
- 216
- MSHA field office
- Bartow FL Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 134
- Significant and substantial
- 20 (14.9%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 3
- Proposed penalties
- $43,049
- Amount paid so far
- $43,049
- Inspections
- 51
- Inspector hours on site
- 860
- Citations per inspection
- 2.63 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 22
- Injury and illness cases
- 22
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 30, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 66 ($37,526 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 | 3 | 2 | $2,001 | 7 |
| 2023 | 21 | 4 | $4,290 | 5 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1 | $6,132 | 4 |
| 2025 | 89 | 13 | $30,109 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | $517 | 4 |
Standards cited most at South Fort Meade Mine
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 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 17 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 16 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.12006 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.4102 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.16005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12019 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
Injury and illness cases at South Fort Meade Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 11 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 11 |
What the accident reports at South Fort Meade Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 5 |
| Slip or fall of person | 5 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 3 |
| All other occupational illnesses | 2 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 2 |
| Machinery | 1 |
| Exploding vessels under pressure | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
| Electrical | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at South Fort Meade Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 3 |
| Bulldozer | 2 |
| Hoist | 1 |
| Front-end loader | 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 |
| 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 |
| Silica Plant | Standard Sand & Silica Company | Polk County, FL | Construction sand and gravel | 7 | 50 |
| 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.