UAS - North Augusta has $84K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Mar 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
34
citations
17
significant & substantial
$84,469
proposed penalties
$56,868
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27,601 gap.
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: 235 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
UAS - North Augusta has $84K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$84K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$57K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $60K in penalties contested before the Commission, $27K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-03.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
20citations taken to the federal commission · 59% of citations on record
Settled
14 · 70%
Vacated or withdrawn
6 · 30%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
55%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$60K proposed, $27K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2019-06-05.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2017-10-17, 8 years ago
71%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz75 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2014-09-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
0.18
2.44
Mechanic
2014-09-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.19
1.00
Bagging Operator
2014-09-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.14
1.79
Forklift Operator
2014-07-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.19
1.84
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.15
2.27
Bagging Operator
2017-10-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.39
0.15
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-06-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2017-06-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2016-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2016-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-02-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.52
0.31
Bagging Operator
2016-02-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader 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
2019
2
2018
3
2017
2
2016
2
2015
2
2014
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
UAS - North Augusta sits in Aiken County, South Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Aiken County, South Carolina · Population 171,949
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,940
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
2019 Q2
839
5
0
5959.5
2019 Q1
1,205
10
4
8298.8
2018 Q4
1,280
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
745
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
692
8
7
11560.7
2018 Q1
1,016
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1,119
4
4
3574.6
2017 Q3
935
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2
1,324
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
921
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
792
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
487
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,143
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,033
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q3
105
1
1
9523.8
2015 Q2
1,212
3
0
2475.2
2015 Q1
1,309
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
890
1
0
1123.6
2014 Q3
728
2
1
2747.3
2014 Q2
1,143
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
820
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2017 · 1 incident
March 15, 2017SC · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE's were putting the hood on the crusher. Co-worker was operating the track hoe & lifted the hood up to crusher. When the hood got on top of crusher, it got stuck sideways & the chains came off. IE climbed up on the frame of the crusher & re-attached chains to the hood. IE tried to move hood from side to side. The hood popped up & hit IE's leg knocking IE 6' to the ground.
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