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EGeria Dirt Pit: 41 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Risher Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Pansy C Risher
Harleyvile, SC, Dorchester County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800655

EGeria Dirt Pit has $3K 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
3
Years on record
1992–2004
Latest incident
Aug 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
41
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,249
proposed penalties
$3,249
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Risher Mining Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
399
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: 399 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

EGeria Dirt Pit has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-06-08.
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.
17.9%
significant & substantial
15.4%
high negligence or reckless
17.9%
reasonably likely or greater
64.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.7% low, 76.9% moderate, 15.4% 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: 2010-06-08, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2004-04-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-07 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. Risher Mining Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 0
2011 2
2010 5
2009 4
2008 6
2007 8
2006 15
2005 17
2004 22
2003 15
2002 8
2001 7
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

EGeria Dirt Pit 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
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4 2,019 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 815 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 522 2 0 3831.4
2010 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,159 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,081 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 25 2 0 80000.0
2009 Q1 4,110 2 1 486.6
2008 Q4 1,094 1 0 914.1
2008 Q3 1,698 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,466 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,269 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,207 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,027 7 1 2312.5
2007 Q2 3,544 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,919 1 0 342.6
2006 Q4 1,392 2 0 1436.8
2006 Q3 6,441 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,476 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,152 1 0 464.7
2005 Q4 3,624 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,544 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,064 2 0 492.1
2005 Q1 4,047 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,188 2 1 477.6
2004 Q3 4,229 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,586 3 1 836.6
2004 Q1 4,612 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,476 2 1 446.8
2003 Q3 4,434 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,030 5 1 1650.2
2003 Q1 5,304 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,365 1 0 229.1
2002 Q3 4,255 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,280 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,889 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,043 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,424 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,388 4 0 1180.6
2001 Q1 4,149 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,588 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,181 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,417 2 1 827.5
2000 Q1 3,096 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

August 12, 2004 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Risher Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

MECHANIC REPAIRING TAILGATE ON DUMP TRAILER & IT FELL ON HIM. HE RECEIVED MINOR CUTS & BRUISES.

April 8, 2004 SC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Risher Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

CLAY BUILDUP IN TRUCK & SLIGHT GRADE. TRUCK TURNED OVER.

1992 · 1 incident

May 12, 1992 SC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Risher Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER WAS TRYING TO PUSH THE TAILGATE OF THE DUMP TRAILER IN WHEN HE REALIZED HE COULD NOT PUSH IT BACK IN. HE PULLED BACK ON IT AND IT CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER AND HIS RING FINGER ON HIS LEF T HAND.