Loamy Sand and Gravel has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2008–2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
27
citations
4
significant & substantial
$7,335
proposed penalties
$6,975
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $360 gap.
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: 725 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Loamy Sand and Gravel has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $460 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-06.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
78%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$460 proposed, $100 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 2010-06-08.
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.
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: 2026-05-05
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (19)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2026-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2025-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2025-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2022-06-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-06-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2022-06-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2015-04-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.76
0.21
Washer Operator
2015-04-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2015-04-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2009-07-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2009-07-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Backhoe Operator
2009-07-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2009-07-15
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.
Loamy Sand and Gravel recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below 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 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
5.43
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
5.08
5.08
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
17
2025
16
2024
16
2023
15
2022
15
2021
16
2020
15
2019
16
2018
14
2017
14
2016
12
2015
12
2014
15
2013
19
2012
17
2011
14
2010
13
2009
14
2008
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Loamy Sand and Gravel sits in Kershaw County, South Carolina, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Kershaw County, South Carolina · Population 66,924
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,343
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
8,887
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
9,299
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
7,437
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
7,059
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,148
2
0
197.1
2025 Q1
9,333
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
9,369
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
9,398
0
0
0.0
Show 65 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
9,528
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
8,566
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
8,193
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
7,992
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
7,934
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
8,402
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
8,433
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
9,792
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
8,887
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
8,259
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
9,636
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
8,929
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
9,629
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
8,140
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
9,048
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
8,978
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
7,857
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,511
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
8,532
1
0
117.2
2019 Q3
10,096
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
10,627
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
10,147
1
0
98.6
2018 Q4
9,858
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
9,769
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
9,356
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
9,016
1
0
110.9
2017 Q4
8,995
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
8,784
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
9,154
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
8,360
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
7,876
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
9,544
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
8,390
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
6,692
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
7,903
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
7,869
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,643
2
1
261.7
2015 Q1
6,777
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
8,013
4
0
499.2
2014 Q3
9,012
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
9,180
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
11,384
1
0
87.8
2013 Q4
14,317
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
15,052
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
11,015
1
1
90.8
2013 Q1
10,117
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
10,091
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
10,352
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
8,416
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
8,443
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
8,704
2
0
229.8
2011 Q3
9,608
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
7,641
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
7,479
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,556
1
0
281.2
2010 Q3
5,525
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
8,378
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
7,884
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
5,359
1
0
186.6
2009 Q3
6,910
1
0
144.7
2009 Q2
8,807
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
6,750
1
0
148.1
2008 Q4
8,281
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
7,292
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
2,303
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2024 · 1 incident
July 18, 2024SC · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee entering lab office from shaker/oven room when office door hit her heel as it closed. Laceration was bandaged and she remained at work. That night, employee concerned when changing bandage. Called employer who told her to use her judgment regarding seeing doctor. Went to ER and received 8-9 stitches. Employee at work on next scheduled workday (8/23).
January 21, 2010SC · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
He slipped on muddy track while mounting dozer, fell to track & hit L knee on blade rail & stomach on the track. Reported fall the next day, saying he was just sore. We sent him to dr on 1/27/10 after he complained of stomach discomfort & swelling knee. They performed x ray of knee and ct scan of stomach. set up an appt. for him to see a surgeon on 2/2/10 about stomach hernia.
Two employees cleaning out a plugged vibrating screen discharge chute - one at top and one at bottom. Rock dislodged and fell down chute, hitting employee's finger. Employee not wearing gloves. Cut end of finger. X-ray showed slight fracture of finger tip. Six stitches required. Employee returned to work next day.
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