Mining Incidents

Salem Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Johnsonville, Florence County, SC  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3800758

Salem Sand has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6 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
2023
Latest incident
Jul 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,095
proposed penalties
$2,089
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
10
inspections on record
90
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: 90 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Salem Sand has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$6
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-10.
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 31 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 83 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,975 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,183 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,360 1 0 423.7
2024 Q2 2,263 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,521 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,679 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,347 1 1 426.1
2023 Q2 1,143 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

July 17, 2023 SC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Water Industries LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was performing maintenance on a screen and twisted to grab a bolt and strained lower back.

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