Mining Incidents

Sandhill Pit / Ridgeville Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James K Austin
Dorchester, Dorchester County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800739

Sandhill Pit / Ridgeville Pit has $7K 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 2012
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$7,137
proposed penalties
$7,137
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
13
inspections on record
115
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: 115 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sandhill Pit / Ridgeville Pit has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-06-13.
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
2016 Q2 701 1 0 1426.5
2016 Q1 982 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,884 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 672 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,050 3 2 2857.1
2015 Q1 2,509 3 1 1195.7
2014 Q4 1,299 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 703 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 847 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 578 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 686 3 1 4373.2
2013 Q3 679 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 754 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 681 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 865 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,593 1 0 627.7
2012 Q2 1,302 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 994 4 0 4024.1

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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