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: 94 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SUPPORT SERVICES has $55 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.
$55
proposed penalties
$55
current assessed
$55
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-08-22.
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: 2003-01-08, 23 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-01-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
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.
SUPPORT SERVICES recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In South Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.25 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2007
6
2006
6
2005
5
2004
5
2003
7
2002
8
2001
7
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
SUPPORT SERVICES sits in Marlboro County, South Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Marlboro County, South Carolina · Population 26,285
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$36,293
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
2007 Q3
3,680
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,143
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,017
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
3,807
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,084
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
4,253
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
4,124
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,391
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3
2,889
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,957
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,131
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,259
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,447
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,894
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,042
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,826
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,775
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,113
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,609
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,177
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,900
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,405
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
6,110
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,263
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,186
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,811
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,061
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,779
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,707
1
0
175.2
2000 Q2
5,706
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
6,303
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2005 · 1 incident
March 29, 2005SC · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking through tall weeds at an inactive mine site when he tripped and fell, twisting his right ankle. He was diagnosed with a fracture to the tibia.
Becker Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE INSTALLING A 20' SECTION OF FIELD CONVEYOR. THE CHAIN HOLDING THE SECTION TO THE FORKLIFT SLIPPED-PAUSING THE SECTION OF CONVEYOR TO DROP DOWN ON EE S RT FOOT.
1995 · 3 incidents
October 9, 1995SC · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING SURFACE WELDS ON CHANNEL STEEL WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL FLEW UNDER HIS FULL FACE SHIELD AND EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
April 20, 1995SC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Becker Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A DRILL BUCKET. THE DRILL BUCKET WAS LOWERED AND AS THE BUCKET HIT THE GROUND THE LID OF THE BUCKET JARRED LOOSE AND CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS BETWEEN THE LID AND TH E TOP OF THE BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING A NUT ON THE REAR END DIFFERENTIAL NUT BROKE LOOSE CAUSING HIS ARM TO DROP SUDDENLY ON A JAGGED PIECE OF METAL CAUSING THE INJURY TO HIS LEFT WRIST
1994 · 2 incidents
June 14, 1994SC · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS JUMPED JUST AS HE WAS LEAVING HIS MOTEL ROOM. HE WAS PUSHED BACK INSIDE THE ROOM. DURING THE ENSUING SCUFFLE HE WAS BEATEN, BITTEN AND ROBBED. HE SUFFERED CONTUSIONS OF THE HEAD AND HANDS. HE WAS TREATED BY A LOCAL PHYSICIAN. HE LATER DEVELOPED AN INFECTION IN HIS HAND FROM THE BITE AND WAS ADMITTED ON JAN 29, 1994 FOR TREATMENT.
1993 · 3 incidents
October 23, 1993SC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A LOADER BUCKET. HE LIFTED HIS WELDING SHIELD AND WAS USING A CHIPPING HAMMER TO SMOOTH OUT THE WELD WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE DID HAVE ON H IS SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. AT THE TIME THE EYE WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED- AN INFECTION OCCURRED 5 DAYS LATER.