Mining Incidents

Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC operator

Controlled by Mosaic Company
MSHA operator ID: L17524

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
907
Mines on record
13
Years on record
2000–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,482
citations
524
significant & substantial
$1,292,099
proposed penalties
$976,194
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2026
4
2025
5
2024
9
2023
14
2022
22
2021
27
2020
24
2019
17
2018
14
2017
23
2016
18
2015
23
2014
27
2013
16
2012
35
2011
33
2010
29
2009
36
2008
44
2007
80
2006
39 (1f)
2005
65 (1f)
2004
74
2003
54
2002
52
2001
53
2000
70

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
May 26, 2006 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Mosaic Fertilizer LLC · Drowning

Sand bank gave way.

September 27, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY

(Under investigation) (Per Supervisor) Employee was assigned task of pushing overburden wall down with bulldozer. This was being done to install a water jack (floating pump) to pump out old mine cut. A short period of time later bulldozer and employee were discovered under water in mine cut by another employee.