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DEERFIELD SAND: 50 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cemex S A
Tillman, Jasper County, SC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800127

DEERFIELD SAND has $13K 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
10
Years on record
1986–2007
Latest incident
Sep 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
9
significant & substantial
$12,698
proposed penalties
$12,040
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $658 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
905
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: 905 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DEERFIELD SAND has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
18.0%
significant & substantial
4.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.0%
reasonably likely or greater
62.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.0% low, 78.0% moderate, 4.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2019-12-02.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2012-271M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $2K → $2K
SE 2020-0082 Settlement McCarthy 2020 $293 → $135
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-12-31
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Fibers, >5um2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-12-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2025-12-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2025-12-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2025-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Dredge/Barge Operator
2025-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2025-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2022-04-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2022-04-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2022-04-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2022-04-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2015-12-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2015-12-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.6 0.27 Lab Technician
2009-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2009-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-02 Fibers, >5um 0.01 Dredge/Barge Operator
2005-11-02 Fibers, >5um 0.04 Utility Man
2003-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-09-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Backhoe Operator
2000-11-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

DEERFIELD SAND recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.

Injury rate, 2022
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In South Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.49 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Deerfield Sand & Mining Company Inc 1950 to 1988
  2. Rinker Materials Corp 1988 to 2001
  3. Rinker Materials of FL Inc 2001 to 2008
  4. CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 7
2024 7
2023 8
2022 9
2021 8
2020 7
2019 7
2018 5
2017 6
2016 5
2015 5
2014 5
2013 5
2012 4
2011 4
2010 3
2009 4
2008 6
2007 9
2006 8
2005 7
2004 7
2003 7
2002 7
2001 6
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DEERFIELD SAND sits in Jasper County, South Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Jasper County, South Carolina · Population 30,658
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,503
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 4,713 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,413 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,967 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,213 1 0 237.4
2025 Q2 4,109 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,070 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,016 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,405 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,813 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,932 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,368 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,740 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,906 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,763 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,554 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,392 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,771 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,362 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,725 2 0 423.3
2021 Q3 4,454 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,248 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,950 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,259 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,286 1 0 233.3
2020 Q2 4,224 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,110 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,317 1 0 231.6
2019 Q3 4,320 1 0 231.5
2019 Q2 3,697 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,595 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,821 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,647 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,662 3 0 1127.0
2018 Q1 3,030 2 0 660.1
2017 Q4 3,767 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,889 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,239 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,378 1 0 420.5
2016 Q4 2,119 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,344 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,783 2 1 1121.7
2016 Q1 2,072 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,211 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,548 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,413 1 0 293.0
2015 Q1 2,913 1 0 343.3
2014 Q4 2,965 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,561 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,125 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,282 1 0 304.7
2013 Q4 3,136 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,405 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,259 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,093 1 0 323.3
2012 Q4 3,059 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,199 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,750 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,706 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,194 1 0 455.8
2011 Q3 2,279 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,449 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,457 1 1 407.0
2010 Q4 2,402 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,804 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,965 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,338 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,511 2 0 1323.6
2009 Q3 3,159 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,605 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,771 2 0 1129.3
2008 Q4 2,700 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,124 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,159 2 1 633.1
2008 Q1 3,229 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,515 1 0 221.5
2007 Q3 5,482 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,904 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,468 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,813 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,063 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,331 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,757 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,535 3 0 661.5
2005 Q3 4,285 2 0 466.7
2005 Q2 4,272 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,136 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,829 3 1 783.5
2004 Q3 3,162 2 1 632.5
2004 Q2 3,504 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,207 1 0 311.8
2003 Q4 4,525 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,204 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,512 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,876 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,320 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,509 2 0 443.6
2002 Q2 4,078 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,775 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,925 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,879 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,666 1 1 272.8
2001 Q1 3,943 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,053 1 0 246.7
2000 Q3 4,286 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,069 2 0 491.5
2000 Q1 3,958 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2007 · 1 incident

September 2, 2007 SC · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rinker Materials of FL Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee slipped and strained lower back while climbing up the ladder of an CAT Excavator.

2003 · 1 incident

January 20, 2003 SC · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rinker Materials of FL Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON THE BOOSTER, EE HAD CLIMBED OVER A V-BELT GUARD. AFTER DOING SO HIS RIGHT FOOT STEPPED ON A SHORT PIECE OF ANGLE IRON THAT WAS WELDED TO THE BARGE. UPON PUTTING HIS FULL WEIGHT ON THE IRON ANGLE, HIS RIGHT FOOT TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE. EE WASN'T IN PAIN RIGHT AWAY BUT AS THE DAY WENT ON, THE PAIN INCREASE. AREA WAS LOCKED OUT PRIOR TO MAINTENANCE.

2002 · 1 incident

February 9, 2002 SC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rinker Materials of FL Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING THE COUPLING BETWEEN THE CUTTER HEAD MOTOR AND GEAR BOX. WHILE DRIVING THE COUPLING ON W/ A HAMMER, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK HI LEFT THUMB.

2001 · 1 incident

February 23, 2001 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rinker Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEE'S WERE INSTALLING A WERA SLEEVE ON SHAFT WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF BRASS. WHILE THE OTHER EE HIT THE BRASS PIECE ON ONE SIDE, IT SLIPPED AND HIT EE'S RIGHT T HUMB.

1992 · 1 incident

April 2, 1992 SC · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Rinker Materials Corp · Struck by falling object

NEGLECT ON MINERS PART. TWO AREAS WOULD NOT WAIT ON COWORKER TO HELP SECURE SLINGS AND MOTION TO CRANE OPERATOR. PART FELL, STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT BIG TOE. MINER WAS NOT WEARING HIS PROVIDED SA FETY SHOES THEREFORE HIS BIG TOE WAS FRACTURED.

1990 · 2 incidents

June 20, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rinker Materials Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS STEPPING OFF THE ELECTRIC BARGE INTO THE BOAT WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

May 2, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Rinker Materials Corp · Struck by flying object

INSPECTING WATER PUMP AND TRASH BLEW UP IN FACE. THE TRASH CONSISTED OF RUST AND METAL PARTICLES. A PIECE OF METAL LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE JUST BELOW THE PUPIL.

1989 · 1 incident

June 19, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Rinker Materials Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPL BUMPED L SHIN ON CLUTCH ARM DID IT REPEATEDLY UNTIL LEG BECAME SWOLLEN

1987 · 1 incident

1986 · 1 incident