Sandworks Metal/Non-Metal
M2-Sandworks, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Fredrick Mixson
Cottageville,
Colleton County,
SC
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800755
Sandworks has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
28
citations
5
significant & substantial
$16,276
proposed penalties
$14,553
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,723 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
26
inspections on record
217
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 217 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sandworks has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 4,150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,435 | 2 | 0 | 451.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,200 | 6 | 1 | 1428.6 |
| 2024 Q3 | 4,106 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 4,263 | 8 | 4 | 1876.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 4,075 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 3,439 | 1 | 0 | 290.8 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,712 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 4,325 | 2 | 0 | 462.4 |
| 2023 Q1 | 3,778 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 4,642 | 1 | 0 | 215.4 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,783 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,125 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,703 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 3,166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,835 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,747 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,928 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,485 | 3 | 0 | 1207.2 |
| 2020 Q3 | 3,714 | 1 | 0 | 269.3 |
| 2020 Q2 | 4,408 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 4,053 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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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