Mining Incidents

WARE SHOALS PIT: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Wilson Sand Company · Surface
Controlled by Yvonne W Rouse
Greenwood, Abbeville County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800555

WARE SHOALS PIT has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
10
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,244
proposed penalties
$1,244
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
10
inspections on record
114
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: 114 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WARE SHOALS PIT has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-04-20.
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.
60.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
60.0%
reasonably likely or greater
80.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Wilson Brothers Sand Company Inc 1979 to 2007
  2. Wilson Sand Company 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WARE SHOALS PIT sits in Abbeville 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.
Abbeville County, South Carolina · Population 24,352
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,112
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
2009 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 49 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 161 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 241 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 591 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 613 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 575 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 421 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 315 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 297 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 285 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 642 1 0 1557.6
2004 Q1 964 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,109 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,437 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,893 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,204 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 584 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 624 6 5 9615.4
2002 Q1 547 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 487 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 616 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 581 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 581 2 1 3442.3
2000 Q4 494 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 473 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 422 1 0 2369.7
2000 Q1 309 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

February 8, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wilson Brothers Sand Company Inc · Fall from ladders

HE WAS DESCENDING ECEY LADDER AND FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL FRACTURING 2 RIBS.