Mining Incidents

Lopke Quarries : Clinton, SC Plant Metal/Non-Metal

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.
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 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
Show 29 earlier quarters
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 file

2018 · 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)

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.

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