Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
English Español
← Back to search

Lanier Sand: 88 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Quikrete Holdings Inc.
West Columbia, Lexington County, SC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800535

Lanier Sand has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Lanier Sand.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
88
citations
26
significant & substantial
$32,620
proposed penalties
$25,320
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See American Materials Company LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
586
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: 586 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lanier Sand has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $15K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-23.
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.
29.9%
significant & substantial
19.5%
high negligence or reckless
29.9%
reasonably likely or greater
59.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.6% low, 67.8% moderate, 18.4% high, 1.1% 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.
17 citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
  • Settled 16 · 94%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 6%
100%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
48%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$15K proposed, $8K 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 2009-12-07.
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 2008-452M Settlement Bulluck 2009 $12K → $5K
SE 2010-256M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $2K → $2K
SE 2008-93M Settlement Paez 2009 $524 → $524
SE 2008-307M Settlement Barbour 2008 $324 → $324
SE 2008-100M Dismissal Bulluck 2009 $112 → $112
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: 2024-09-25
14
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-09-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Truck Driver
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2020-09-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 Backhoe Operator
2020-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dump Operator
2020-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2014-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Lanier Sand recorded 5.24 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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.
5.24
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In South Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.42 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 5.24 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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. Lanier Construction Company Inc 1950 to 2021
  2. American Materials Company LLC 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 18
2025 17
2024 14
2023 11
2022 9
2021 7
2020 11
2019 12
2018 13
2017 11
2016 9
2015 7
2014 8
2013 7
2012 8
2011 7
2010 7
2009 8
2008 8
2007 5
2006 2
2005 1
2004 1
2003 2
2002 1
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lanier Sand sits in Lexington 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.
Lexington County, South Carolina · Population 300,370
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$75,014
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 12,603 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 12,589 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 7,829 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,149 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,876 3 0 275.8
2025 Q1 9,303 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,115 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 11,174 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,598 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,734 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 8,463 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,882 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,164 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,200 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,773 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,954 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,149 1 1 162.6
2022 Q1 5,652 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,320 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,884 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,901 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,473 4 0 1151.7
2020 Q4 4,401 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,488 1 0 222.8
2020 Q2 4,536 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,187 1 0 238.8
2019 Q4 4,439 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,232 2 1 472.6
2019 Q2 4,401 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,164 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,164 1 1 240.2
2018 Q3 4,233 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,755 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,745 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,059 1 0 246.4
2017 Q3 3,203 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,526 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,602 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,727 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,710 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,479 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,522 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,318 5 2 1506.9
2015 Q3 3,685 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,337 1 1 299.7
2015 Q1 2,973 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,098 2 0 488.0
2014 Q3 3,723 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,767 3 1 796.4
2014 Q1 3,099 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,453 2 0 579.2
2013 Q3 3,461 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,120 1 0 320.5
2013 Q1 2,380 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,360 6 2 2542.4
2012 Q3 3,250 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,360 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,870 1 1 348.4
2011 Q4 2,350 2 1 851.1
2011 Q3 3,220 7 1 2173.9
2011 Q2 2,540 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,950 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,000 1 0 500.0
2010 Q3 2,630 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,950 2 0 678.0
2010 Q1 2,260 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,620 7 2 2671.8
2009 Q3 2,300 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,050 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,880 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,850 3 1 1052.6
2008 Q3 3,350 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,575 5 1 1398.6
2008 Q1 3,300 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,600 2 0 769.2
2007 Q3 2,940 9 2 3061.2
2007 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 625 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 361 8 3 22160.7
2006 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 25 1 1 40000.0
2006 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 23 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 33 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 41 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 68 1 0 14705.9
2003 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 75 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 72 1 0 13888.9
2002 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 161 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 261 4 4 15325.7
2000 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 29 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

December 1, 2025 SC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Materials Company LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE was laying concrete and got it on their leg. EE was took to DR. and was treated.