Mining Incidents

Diam Mine #3: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

E Sand and Minerals, Inc. · Surface
Harleyville, Dorchester County, SC  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3800741

Diam Mine #3 has $966 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2013
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$966
proposed penalties
$966
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
28
inspections on record
185
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: 185 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Diam Mine #3 has $966 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$966
proposed penalties
$966
current assessed
$966
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-13.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
42.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2020-12-09, 5 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-12-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2015-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2015-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe 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.
Ownership history
  1. Dorchester Logistics, Inc 2013 to 2023
  2. E Sand and Minerals, Inc. 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 1
2023 1
2022 2
2021 3
2020 4
2019 4
2018 5
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Diam Mine #3 sits in Dorchester County, South Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Dorchester County, South Carolina · Population 164,322
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$76,896
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
2024 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 529 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 522 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 478 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 532 1 0 1879.7
2023 Q1 992 0 0 0.0
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 709 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,215 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 743 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,632 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 901 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 718 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 931 1 0 1074.1
2021 Q1 1,367 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,453 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,848 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,982 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,302 1 0 434.4
2019 Q4 2,514 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,344 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,827 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,974 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,677 1 0 373.6
2018 Q3 2,636 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,315 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,202 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,164 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,102 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,082 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,035 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,105 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,150 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,180 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,291 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,866 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,880 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,697 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,979 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,973 1 1 506.8
2014 Q2 1,909 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,551 1 0 644.7
2013 Q4 1,161 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,974 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,739 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 427 1 0 2341.9

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.