Mining Incidents

Sunshine Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Palm Bay, Brevard County, FL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0801426

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
14
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,801
proposed penalties
$1,801
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 9,155 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,672 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,955 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,097 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,463 1 0 154.7
2024 Q3 6,267 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 7,577 1 0 132.0
2024 Q1 7,403 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

May 9, 2025 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Blue Goose Construction LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

While setting a dewatering pump, the slope on the east side started to slough off into Rim Ditch. All were advised to extricate from this area. They egressed to the east slope and when it sloughed off to the bottom, they fell approximately 4 feet landing feet first on a rock. They hurt their right ankle and left knee.