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Lake Wales Sand Mine, Polk County, Florida: 3 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Lake Wales Sand Mine is an active sand, common surface mine in Polk County, Florida, operated by Cemex Construction Materials Florida, LLC with 13 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0801269). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 3 citations and orders there with $266 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0801269
- Status
- Active since December 19, 2008
- Main commodity
- Sand, common
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Polk County, Florida
- Nearest town
- Lake Wales
- Operator
- Cemex Construction Materials Florida, LLC
- Parent company
- Cemex S a
- Employees
- 13
- MSHA field office
- Bartow FL Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 3
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $266
- Amount paid so far
- $266
- Inspections
- 10
- Inspector hours on site
- 78
- Citations per inspection
- 0.30 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 15, 2026
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 | 2 | 0 | $266 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $0 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Lake Wales Sand 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 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12026 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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.