Mining Incidents

Blacksburg Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jason Deck
Blacksburg, Cherokee County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800740

Blacksburg Mine has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
23
citations
6
significant & substantial
$12,851
proposed penalties
$12,851
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
11
inspections on record
108
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 108 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blacksburg Mine has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 1,512 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 112 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 238 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 416 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 227 3 0 13215.9
2014 Q4 295 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 267 5 2 18726.6
2014 Q2 223 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 155 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 325 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 189 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 62 15 4 241935.5

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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