Mining Incidents

Edgefield Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Trenton, Edgefield County, SC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800738

Edgefield Quarry has $70K in proposed MSHA penalties and $599 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2012–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
76
citations
11
significant & substantial
$69,718
proposed penalties
$58,619
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,099 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
47
inspections on record
836
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: 836 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Edgefield Quarry has $70K in proposed MSHA penalties and $599 outstanding across 3 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.
$70K
proposed penalties
$59K
current assessed
$59K
paid to date
$599
outstanding
73 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-25.
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 7,680 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,499 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,022 2 0 249.3
2025 Q1 8,100 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,294 7 0 959.7
2024 Q3 8,836 1 0 113.2
2024 Q2 8,927 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,445 4 1 423.5
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 8,702 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,348 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,391 5 0 532.4
2023 Q1 9,068 1 0 110.3
2022 Q4 8,831 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,810 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,959 2 0 223.2
2022 Q1 9,047 2 0 221.1
2021 Q4 9,224 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8,087 3 0 371.0
2021 Q2 7,436 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 8,206 3 0 365.6
2020 Q4 10,205 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 10,363 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 10,278 1 0 97.3
2020 Q1 9,831 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,973 2 0 200.5
2019 Q3 8,990 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,113 2 0 246.5
2019 Q1 7,253 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,856 1 0 145.9
2018 Q3 6,014 2 0 332.6
2018 Q1 10,662 1 0 93.8
2017 Q4 9,563 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 10,423 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 11,342 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 11,698 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 9,967 4 1 401.3
2016 Q3 11,094 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 10,827 1 0 92.4
2016 Q1 9,609 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 10,652 4 1 375.5
2015 Q3 11,236 1 0 89.0
2015 Q2 9,608 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 9,978 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 9,642 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 10,014 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 11,397 3 0 263.2
2014 Q1 9,555 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 8,883 7 2 788.0
2013 Q3 7,367 2 1 271.5
2013 Q2 6,474 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,338 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,216 3 1 2467.1
2012 Q3 1,206 1 1 829.2
2012 Q2 1,280 9 3 7031.2
2012 Q1 754 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

July 23, 2025 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · Struck by falling object

Per employee: They were cleaning off Catwalk on Screen 1 like they were told to do. A big rock fell from the top of the machine and hit them in the back.

2012 · 1 incident

March 29, 2012 SC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee smashed finger on bucket of John Deere 270 Skid Steer.

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The full compliance file on Edgefield Quarry

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.