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Neal Shoals: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jason C Deck
Union, Union County, SC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800714

Neal Shoals has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
May 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
26
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,769
proposed penalties
$2,712
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,057 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See McIntyre Sand Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
45
inspections on record
329
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: 329 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Neal Shoals has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-17.
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.
11.5%
significant & substantial
23.1%
high negligence or reckless
11.5%
reasonably likely or greater
23.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.8% low, 73.1% moderate, 23.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-07-11
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2016-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2016-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge 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.
Ownership history
  1. McIntyre Sand Company Inc 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 2
2018 2
2017 3
2016 4
2015 3
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 3
2009 2
2008 3
2007 4
2006 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Neal Shoals sits in Union County, South Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Union County, South Carolina · Population 26,990
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$41,200
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 1,461 1 0 684.5
2026 Q1 1,036 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,123 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,068 3 0 2809.0
2025 Q2 1,033 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,041 3 0 2881.8
2024 Q4 1,015 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,071 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,035 3 0 2898.6
2024 Q1 1,115 1 0 896.9
2023 Q4 1,023 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,072 3 1 2798.5
2023 Q2 1,076 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 816 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 952 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 983 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,056 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 712 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,209 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,104 1 0 905.8
2021 Q1 1,540 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,574 1 0 635.3
2020 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 273 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 903 1 0 1107.4
2019 Q4 863 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,105 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,231 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,156 1 1 865.1
2018 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,151 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,128 1 0 886.5
2017 Q4 943 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,102 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,038 1 0 963.4
2017 Q1 1,214 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,674 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,609 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,553 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,623 1 0 616.1
2015 Q4 1,589 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,595 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 289 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 23 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4 1 0 250000.0
2013 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 566 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,241 1 1 805.8
2010 Q1 1,643 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 391 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 632 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,155 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 899 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 968 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,151 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,210 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,356 2 0 1474.9
2007 Q1 1,364 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,421 1 0 703.7
2006 Q3 1,439 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

May 24, 2024 SC · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
McIntyre Sand Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was closing a 2" water valve. Employee's hand slipped off and hit piece of steel plate. Employee severely bruised two fingers on right hand.