Mining Incidents

BROWN'S SAND MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Niles Ray Brown
Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800638

BROWN'S SAND MINE has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2000
36
citations
18
significant & substantial
$12,329
proposed penalties
$12,229
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
241
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: 241 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BROWN'S SAND MINE has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-07-12.
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
2008 Q4 887 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,065 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,126 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,687 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,572 3 2 1166.4
2007 Q2 3,061 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,362 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 1,995 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,229 4 1 1794.5
2006 Q2 2,721 8 5 2940.1
2006 Q1 2,038 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,494 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,914 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,828 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,011 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,629 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,438 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,137 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,427 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,517 3 1 1191.9
2003 Q3 1,798 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,658 2 0 1206.3
2003 Q1 1,518 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,603 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,541 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,123 5 3 2355.2
2002 Q1 1,220 1 1 819.7
2001 Q4 1,504 1 1 664.9
2001 Q3 2,016 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 797 4 1 5018.8
2001 Q1 1,628 1 1 614.3
2000 Q4 2,166 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,359 4 2 2943.3
2000 Q2 2,606 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 899 0 0 0.0

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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