Locking out power to wash screen, when panel arc flashed and the injured employee suffered 2nd degree burns to back of hand and 1st degree burns to face and arm.
Lopke Quarries : Clinton, SC Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Lopke Quarries, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Steven Gregg; Barbara A Lopke
Clinton,
Laurens County,
SC
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800749
Lopke Quarries : Clinton, SC Plant has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2018
- Latest incident
- Oct 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
48
citations
16
significant & substantial
$43,857
proposed penalties
$39,815
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,042 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
34
inspections on record
327
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: 327 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lopke Quarries : Clinton, SC Plant has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.$44K
proposed penalties
$44K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 5,773 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 6,296 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 7,025 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 5,176 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 5,578 | 2 | 0 | 358.6 |
| 2024 Q3 | 6,001 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,998 | 1 | 0 | 166.7 |
| 2024 Q1 | 5,840 | 1 | 0 | 171.2 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 5,625 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 6,855 | 1 | 0 | 145.9 |
| 2023 Q2 | 5,899 | 2 | 1 | 339.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 6,682 | 12 | 5 | 1795.9 |
| 2022 Q4 | 5,717 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 7,969 | 9 | 4 | 1129.4 |
| 2022 Q2 | 7,838 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 5,152 | 2 | 0 | 388.2 |
| 2021 Q4 | 7,193 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 6,222 | 1 | 0 | 160.7 |
| 2021 Q2 | 5,352 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 4,412 | 2 | 1 | 453.3 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,906 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,253 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 3,105 | 1 | 0 | 322.1 |
| 2020 Q1 | 4,953 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 5,753 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 6,458 | 6 | 3 | 929.1 |
| 2019 Q2 | 8,118 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 7,168 | 1 | 0 | 139.5 |
| 2018 Q4 | 8,766 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 8,791 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 4,325 | 3 | 1 | 693.6 |
| 2018 Q1 | 4,004 | 1 | 0 | 249.8 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,311 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 5,907 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 6,420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 5,070 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 4,597 | 3 | 1 | 652.6 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2018 · 1 incident
October 29, 2018
SC · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
ELECTRICAL
Lopke Quarries, Inc. · Flash burns (electric)
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