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Shade Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ted S Smith
Aiken, Aiken County, SC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800720

Shade Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
36
citations
4
significant & substantial
$9,653
proposed penalties
$9,089
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $564 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
52
inspections on record
410
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: 410 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shade Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 1,646 3 0 1822.6
2025 Q3 3,289 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,095 4 0 1909.3
2025 Q1 1,012 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,237 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,922 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,732 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,195 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,196 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 839 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 553 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 968 2 1 2066.1
2022 Q4 839 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 917 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 685 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 934 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 954 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,182 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,325 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,241 1 0 805.8
2020 Q4 1,079 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,021 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 846 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,836 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,289 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,650 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,202 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,048 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 815 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,700 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,680 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,731 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,731 3 1 1098.5
2017 Q3 3,079 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,521 1 0 221.2
2017 Q1 2,233 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,404 2 0 587.5
2016 Q3 3,270 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 596 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,442 1 0 693.5
2015 Q4 1,361 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,743 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,028 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,680 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,213 1 0 237.4
2014 Q3 2,482 1 0 402.9
2014 Q2 2,298 1 0 435.2
2014 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 539 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,040 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,660 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 356 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 496 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 467 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 530 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 470 2 0 4255.3
2011 Q1 457 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 541 2 0 3696.9
2010 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 368 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,520 2 0 1315.8
2009 Q4 1,910 1 0 523.6
2009 Q3 1,820 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,080 2 1 1851.9
2008 Q4 1,200 1 0 833.3
2008 Q3 1,400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,440 3 0 2083.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

February 23, 2009 SC · Metal/Non-Metal ENTRAPMENT
Piedmont Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Operator drove the excavator into a sump hole. He was in an area that he should not have been. The operator was trapped inside the cab for approxomately 1.5 hours. The operator was extracted and had no injuries.

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