Mining Incidents

FRICK MINE Metal/Non-Metal

R&T Grading, Inc · Surface
Controlled by Tony Rucker
Leesburg, SC, Lexington County, SC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800141

FRICK MINE has $58K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Oct 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
150
citations
25
significant & substantial
$57,938
proposed penalties
$55,881
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,057 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
84
inspections on record
839
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: 839 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FRICK MINE has $58K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$58K
proposed penalties
$56K
current assessed
$56K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
149 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-03.
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 1,197 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 799 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,085 1 0 921.7
2025 Q1 1,044 1 0 957.9
2024 Q4 1,010 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 660 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 674 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 674 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 664 2 1 3012.0
2023 Q3 664 5 0 7530.1
2023 Q2 684 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 670 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 695 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 710 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 676 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 877 8 0 9122.0
2021 Q4 826 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 572 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 498 3 0 6024.1
2021 Q1 461 8 1 17353.6
2020 Q4 453 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 453 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 450 2 0 4444.4
2020 Q1 864 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 541 1 0 1848.4
2019 Q3 532 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 532 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 590 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 550 2 0 3636.4
2018 Q3 536 1 0 1865.7
2018 Q2 572 2 0 3496.5
2018 Q1 505 4 1 7920.8
2017 Q4 584 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 568 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 626 4 0 6389.8
2017 Q1 809 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 718 4 0 5571.0
2016 Q3 817 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 849 11 7 12956.4
2016 Q1 823 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 972 7 0 7201.6
2015 Q3 1,020 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,097 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 958 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 985 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 948 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 913 3 1 3285.9
2013 Q4 926 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,099 2 0 1819.8
2013 Q2 1,045 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 541 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,244 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,288 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 581 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,415 3 0 2120.1
2011 Q2 1,433 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,161 3 1 2584.0
2010 Q4 1,314 2 2 1522.1
2010 Q3 1,541 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,461 2 0 1368.9
2009 Q4 84 8 0 95238.1
2009 Q3 1,220 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,650 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,721 3 0 806.2
2008 Q4 1,803 1 0 554.6
2008 Q3 1,933 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,807 2 1 1106.8
2008 Q1 3,961 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,311 2 1 865.4
2007 Q3 2,254 2 0 887.3
2007 Q2 2,250 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,177 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,977 2 1 1011.6
2006 Q3 1,781 1 0 561.5
2006 Q2 3,103 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,080 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,166 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,316 2 1 603.1
2005 Q2 3,281 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,137 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,847 3 1 779.8
2004 Q3 3,690 17 0 4607.0
2004 Q2 3,722 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,563 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,269 4 0 1223.6
2003 Q3 3,127 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,947 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,761 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,127 1 1 319.8
2002 Q3 2,988 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,143 7 2 2227.2
2002 Q1 2,461 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,329 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,716 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,626 12 2 4569.7
2001 Q1 2,631 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,591 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,680 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,765 2 1 723.3
2000 Q1 2,692 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

October 21, 1998 SC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wilson Brothers Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING ON PLANT PICKING UP STEEL PLATE I CAUGHT FOOT UNDER PIPE AND TWISTED KNEE.

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