Mining Incidents

Calhoun Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Gaston, Lexington County, SC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800716

Calhoun Sand has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2007
48
citations
4
significant & substantial
$9,668
proposed penalties
$7,120
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,548 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
55
inspections on record
448
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: 448 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Calhoun Sand has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-18.
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
2025 Q4 7,744 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,875 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,525 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,182 1 0 846.0
2024 Q4 1,213 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,344 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,215 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,241 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,231 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,455 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,098 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,299 1 0 769.8
2022 Q4 1,247 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,366 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,289 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,041 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,346 1 0 742.9
2021 Q3 989 2 0 2022.2
2021 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 901 1 0 1109.9
2020 Q4 731 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 667 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,145 2 0 1746.7
2020 Q1 1,803 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,393 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,407 4 0 1661.8
2019 Q2 2,528 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,365 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,965 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,647 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,729 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,920 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,570 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,384 1 0 419.5
2017 Q2 2,627 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,667 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,868 2 0 1070.7
2016 Q3 2,401 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,602 1 1 384.3
2016 Q1 1,908 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,836 1 0 544.7
2015 Q3 2,647 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,750 1 0 363.6
2015 Q1 2,386 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,327 1 0 753.6
2014 Q3 1,798 2 1 1112.3
2014 Q2 1,454 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,404 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,436 3 0 2089.1
2013 Q3 1,348 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,071 1 0 933.7
2013 Q1 1,104 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,182 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,096 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,209 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,195 1 0 836.8
2011 Q4 1,090 6 1 5504.6
2011 Q3 1,233 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,270 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,170 3 0 2564.1
2010 Q4 2,698 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,574 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,686 1 0 372.3
2010 Q1 2,575 2 1 776.7
2009 Q4 2,062 3 0 1454.9
2009 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,027 1 0 493.3
2009 Q1 1,547 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,457 3 0 2059.0
2008 Q3 1,702 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,455 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,809 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,933 1 0 517.3
2007 Q3 448 2 0 4464.3

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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