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: 556 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Schuler Plant has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-01-04.
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: 2014-05-22, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2014-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-09-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2007-06-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2004-06-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2004-06-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-09-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-09-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2002-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.35
0.43
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2022
1
2021
1
2020
1
2019
1
2018
1
2017
2
2016
2
2015
2
2014
2
2013
3
2012
3
2011
4
2010
5
2009
7
2008
7
2007
6
2006
7
2005
7
2004
7
2003
7
2002
5
2001
5
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Schuler Plant sits in Lexington County, South Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Lexington County, South Carolina · Population 300,370
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$75,014
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
2022 Q2
47
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
38
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
204
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
114
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
270
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
254
1
0
3937.0
2020 Q4
352
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
187
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2
218
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
511
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
357
1
0
2801.1
2019 Q3
337
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
419
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
464
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
575
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
448
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
343
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
653
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
723
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
823
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
722
1
0
1385.0
2017 Q1
719
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
703
1
0
1422.5
2016 Q3
738
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
743
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
719
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
731
1
0
1368.0
2015 Q3
727
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
510
1
0
1960.8
2015 Q1
513
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
499
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
519
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
512
1
0
1953.1
2014 Q1
1,475
2
2
1355.9
2013 Q4
1,474
1
0
678.4
2013 Q3
1,499
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,500
1
0
666.7
2013 Q1
1,524
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,470
4
0
2721.1
2012 Q3
2,590
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,597
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
1,538
1
0
650.2
2011 Q4
1,542
1
0
648.5
2011 Q3
1,544
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,984
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,972
1
0
507.1
2010 Q4
2,254
1
1
443.7
2010 Q3
2,719
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,491
3
2
1204.3
2010 Q1
2,374
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,719
2
1
735.6
2009 Q3
4,081
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3,540
1
0
282.5
2009 Q1
3,132
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,840
2
0
520.8
2008 Q3
3,833
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,627
5
0
1378.5
2008 Q1
2,699
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,895
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,980
4
3
1342.3
2007 Q2
3,027
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2,731
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
3,160
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,680
1
0
373.1
2006 Q2
2,637
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
3,373
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
2,355
1
0
424.6
2005 Q3
2,971
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,802
1
0
356.9
2005 Q1
2,841
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,116
1
0
320.9
2004 Q3
3,062
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,966
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,647
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
2,601
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,200
1
0
238.1
2003 Q2
3,815
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,462
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,264
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,195
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,027
3
1
1480.0
2002 Q1
2,344
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,325
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,492
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,464
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,398
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,086
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,577
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,774
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,980
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2017 · 1 incident
August 2, 2017SC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A supervisor cut a piece of metal with a torch. Another employee, while sliding the drop onto the trailer, came into contact with the hot metal and burned their right hand.
2000 · 1 incident
October 10, 2000SC · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE STARTED TO CLEAN UP THE PICKUP AND WASH IT. HE BEGAN CLEANING THE FLOOR MAT WHEN HIS SAFETY GLASSES FELL OFF. HE THEN LEFT HIS GLASSES OFF AND TOOK A RAG WITH STEAM CLEANING SOAP TO CLEAN T HE FLOOR MAT. WHEN HE WENT TO PUT THE RAG BACK IN THE BUCKET SOME SOAP SPLASHED AND GOT HI HIS EYE SINCE HE HAD TAKEN HIS SAFETY GLASSES OFF.
1983 · 1 incident
January 5, 1983SC · Metal/Non-MetalsuperintendentDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
MR RISTER VISITED HIS PHYSICIAN DR W H GRANDER OF SWANSEA SC NOT FEELING WELL DR GRANGER SENT MR RISTER FOR XRAY OF CHEST HE THE REFERRED MR RISTER TO DR RL GALPHIN OF COLUMBIA A PULMONARY SPE CIALIST DR GALPHIN DIAGNOSED THE AILMENT TO BE SILICOSIS
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