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Barefoot Pit Metal/Non-Metal

A. O. Hardee & Son, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Benjy Hardee

Little River, Horry County, SC · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3800732

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2011–2025
Latest incident: Sep 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2010

citations

significant & substantial

$10,595

proposed penalties

$10,595

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	7,546	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	8,773	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	8,477	3	1	353.9
2025 Q1	6,929	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	8,179	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	7,080	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	5,315	2	1	376.3
2024 Q1	4,677	1	0	213.8

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

September 18, 2025 SC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

A. O. Hardee & Son, Inc. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Loading raw coquina into crusher w/Trackhoe; material dislodged and slid into the cab area with a coquina rock, approx 25 lbs., hitting the operator in the right knee area causing pain. EE was taken to ER to be checked and discharged the same day.

2011 · 1 incident

April 19, 2011 SC · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

A. O. Hardee & Son, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was checking a hose on top of a water truck to make sure water was pumping into the tank. EE unfolded ladder to climb up and caught his finger in the pinch point of the ladder as he stepped onto the first rung of the ladder.