Mining Incidents

PALMETTO LAKE Metal/Non-Metal

Palmetto Mineral · Surface
Controlled by Hamer P Thomas
Summerville, Dorchester County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800692

PALMETTO LAKE has $170 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$170
proposed penalties
$170
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
100
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: 100 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PALMETTO LAKE has $170 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$170
proposed penalties
$170
current assessed
$170
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-08-25.
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
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 3,006 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,842 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,064 1 0 484.5
2003 Q2 2,675 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,755 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,492 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 2,449 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,936 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,868 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 677 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,201 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,935 1 0 516.8
2001 Q1 2,046 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,469 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,553 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,125 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,773 1 0 265.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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