Data / Mines / Florida / Watermelon Pit
Watermelon Pit, Charlotte County, Florida: 12 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Watermelon Pit is an active sand, common surface mine in Charlotte County, Florida, operated by CJC Shell LLC. with 3 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0801392). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 12 citations and orders there with $1,999 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0801392
- Status
- Active since August 20, 2023
- Main commodity
- Sand, common
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Charlotte County, Florida
- Nearest town
- Arcadia
- Operator
- CJC Shell LLC.
- Employees
- 3
- MSHA field office
- Bartow FL Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 12
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (16.7%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $1,999
- Amount paid so far
- $1,733
- Inspections
- 10
- Inspector hours on site
- 62
- Citations per inspection
- 1.20 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- May 22, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 1 ($357 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 | 2 | 0 | $266 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $143 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | $588 | 0 |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | $1,002 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Watermelon Pit
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 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12019 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Charlotte County, Florida
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegrass Rock Sand and Shell LLC | Bluegrass Rock Sand and Shell LLC | Charlotte County, FL | Sand, common | 6 | 37 |
| Jayrock | Weber South FL, LLC | Charlotte County, FL | Crushed, broken limestone | 9 | 24 |
| CJC Shell Magnolia Site | CJC Shell LLC. | Charlotte County, FL | Shell | 13 | 15 |
| SRM Materials Punta Gorda | SRM Materials, LLC | Charlotte County, FL | Crushed, broken limestone | 9 | 15 |
| Florida Shell & Fill Company LLC | Florida Shell & Fill | Charlotte County, FL | Shell | 8 | 15 |
| Washington Loop Mine | Lkrt LLC DBA Washington Loop Mine | Charlotte County, FL | Sand, common | 5 | 13 |
| Bermont Excavating Site 2 | Bermont Excavating LLC | Charlotte County, FL | Sand, common | 14 | 7 |
| Bermont Materials Alico | Bermont Excavating LLC | Charlotte County, FL | Shell | 3 | 5 |
| Farabee Mine & Shell LLC | Farabee Mine & Shell | Charlotte County, FL | Shell | 2 | 3 |
| Halls Mine | Alligator Alley Aggregate & Asphalt Inc. | Charlotte County, FL | Shell | 4 | 2 |
| DSF Bishop Mine | Desoto Sand and Fill, Inc. | Charlotte County, FL | Shell | 7 | 1 |
| Highlands County Shell Pit | Highlands County Board Of County Commissioners | Charlotte County, FL | Crushed, broken limestone | 3 | 1 |
| Neal Aggregates | Anthom Aggregates LLC | Charlotte County, FL | Shell | 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.