Mining Incidents

Superior Sand LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Superior Sand LLC · Surface
Controlled by White Oak Group Inc
Nichols, Horry County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800672

Superior Sand LLC has $31K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
85
citations
22
significant & substantial
$30,566
proposed penalties
$30,566
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
46
inspections on record
630
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: 630 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Superior Sand LLC has $31K 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-12-19.
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
2015 Q1 1,500 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,784 8 2 4484.3
2014 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,660 5 2 3012.0
2014 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,300 6 3 4615.4
2013 Q3 1,240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,400 1 0 714.3
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 1,460 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,460 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,610 7 2 4347.8
2012 Q2 1,850 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,780 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,136 2 0 936.3
2011 Q3 1,880 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,850 1 1 540.5
2011 Q1 1,900 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,480 1 0 675.7
2010 Q3 1,400 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 780 1 0 1282.1
2009 Q4 1,815 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,443 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,358 5 1 3681.9
2009 Q1 1,405 2 0 1423.5
2008 Q4 1,520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,220 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,312 5 3 1509.7
2008 Q1 3,434 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,198 3 1 714.6
2007 Q3 4,580 4 1 873.4
2007 Q2 4,385 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,920 1 0 255.1
2006 Q4 3,726 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,495 1 0 286.1
2006 Q2 3,880 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,450 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,945 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,245 14 2 4314.3
2005 Q2 3,230 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,005 1 0 332.8
2004 Q4 2,820 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,778 1 0 360.0
2004 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,626 3 0 1142.4
2003 Q4 3,230 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,730 4 1 1465.2
2003 Q2 2,600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,950 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,720 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,740 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,620 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,755 2 1 1139.6
2001 Q2 3,020 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,445 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,247 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 3,120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,200 7 2 1666.7

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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