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: 753 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pee Dee Mine has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-24.
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.
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: 2019-04-24, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (20)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.99
0.29
Truck Driver
2011-08-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-10-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2005-10-26
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Utility Man
2005-10-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.03
0.14
Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-05-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-05-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-05-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
2.15
0.11
Lab Technician
2002-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Dredge/Barge Operator
2001-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.76
1.08
0.70
Truck Driver
2001-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.67
0.30
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
1.89
0.22
Backhoe Operator
2001-05-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2000-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.41
0.37
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.
Pee Dee Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2017.
Injury rate, 2017
ⓘ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 1.99 and the all-US-mining average was 2.48 cases per 100 workers.
In South Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.90 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
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
6.56
6.56
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
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
2023
2
2022
1
2021
1
2020
0
2019
2
2018
4
2017
8
2016
13
2015
8
2014
7
2013
7
2012
7
2011
7
2010
6
2009
12
2008
13
2007
14
2006
13
2005
13
2004
12
2003
10
2002
9
2001
8
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pee Dee Mine sits in Marion County, South Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Marion County, South Carolina · Population 28,900
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$34,501
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
2023 Q3
463
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,161
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
976
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
1,051
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
163
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
457
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
Show 78 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4
1,414
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,257
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,572
3
1
1908.4
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
1,648
1
0
606.8
2018 Q2
2,193
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,889
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,109
3
0
964.9
2017 Q3
4,900
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,132
1
0
194.9
2017 Q1
7,921
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
5,212
1
0
191.9
2016 Q3
6,142
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,949
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
7,229
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
6,563
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,421
4
1
737.9
2015 Q2
3,465
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
4,700
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
4,025
5
1
1242.2
2014 Q3
4,768
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,932
3
2
763.0
2014 Q1
3,229
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,583
3
0
837.3
2013 Q3
3,886
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,043
2
0
494.7
2013 Q1
4,062
2
0
492.4
2012 Q4
3,545
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
3,723
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,164
1
0
316.1
2012 Q1
3,676
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,474
1
0
287.9
2011 Q3
2,618
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
2,483
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,522
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,200
1
0
454.5
2010 Q3
2,660
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
6,642
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
5,550
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
4,445
3
1
674.9
2009 Q1
6,161
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
8,566
3
1
350.2
2008 Q3
4,572
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,476
1
0
154.4
2008 Q1
6,276
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
6,959
4
0
574.8
2007 Q3
7,889
3
0
380.3
2007 Q2
7,877
4
1
507.8
2007 Q1
7,744
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
6,170
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
6,348
4
2
630.1
2006 Q2
8,168
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
8,329
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
7,826
5
1
638.9
2005 Q3
7,691
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,024
2
0
284.7
2005 Q1
6,490
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,778
6
3
1038.4
2004 Q3
6,099
1
0
164.0
2004 Q2
6,253
2
0
319.8
2004 Q1
6,165
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
5,115
3
0
586.5
2003 Q3
5,942
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,105
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
7,084
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,740
1
0
211.0
2002 Q3
5,132
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,308
5
1
1511.5
2002 Q1
3,688
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,984
3
0
1005.4
2001 Q3
5,323
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
4,275
1
0
233.9
2001 Q1
4,563
1
1
219.2
2000 Q4
4,824
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,169
1
0
193.5
2000 Q2
4,622
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,711
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2007 · 1 incident
October 22, 2007SC · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dredge operator dropped rock he was removing from the dredge pump on the pinky finger of his right hand and broke that finger. This finger & the ring finger were in a splint from a previous non-work related injury which may have affected his grasp on the rock. He will be on restricted duty for apx. 8 weeks.
1998 · 1 incident
November 23, 1998SC · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS PULLING DISK WITH DOZER, STUMP LODGED BETWEEN DISK BLADES. OPERATOR STOPPED MACHINE, GOT OFF MACHINE. WHILE REMOVING STUMP, STUMP FELL ON HAND MASHING HAND AGAINST DISK METAL FRAME.
1993 · 1 incident
July 26, 1993SC · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EQUIP OPERATOR WAS HELPING FORMAN REPAIR SHAKER SCREEN-(REPLACING BEARING) OPERATOR WAS SWINGING HAMMER DRIVING NEW BEARING ON SHAFT HE HIT HIS HAND ON END OF SHAFT CUTTING INDEX FINGER ON LEF T HAND.
1989 · 1 incident
September 12, 1989SC · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE