Washie Road Sand Mine has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $236 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
2018
Latest incident
Nov 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
44
citations
14
significant & substantial
$12,258
proposed penalties
$10,426
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,832 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: 533 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Washie Road Sand Mine has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $236 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$236
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-24.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $5K 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 2017-09-28.
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: 2015-03-04, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2015-03-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
3.08
0.06
Backhoe 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
2021
2
2020
2
2019
1
2018
2
2017
1
2016
1
2015
1
2014
2
2013
1
2012
2
2011
2
2010
2
2009
1
2008
2
2007
2
2006
2
2005
2
2004
1
2003
1
2002
1
2001
2
2000
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Washie Road Sand Mine sits in Calhoun 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.
Calhoun County, South Carolina · Population 14,150
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$56,690
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
2021 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3
8
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
36
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
3
1
0
333333.3
2014 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1
1
0
1000000.0
2013 Q4
3
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
10
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
4
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
3
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
30
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
3
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
3
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
3
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
14
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
14
1
0
71428.6
2008 Q1
12
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
10
2
0
200000.0
2007 Q3
1,370
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
10
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1,040
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,215
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,141
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
960
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,160
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
983
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
960
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,008
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
980
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
850
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
625
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
450
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
550
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
550
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
600
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
650
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
585
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
600
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
500
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
580
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
540
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
510
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
800
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
720
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
690
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,040
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
300
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,560
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2018 · 1 incident
November 5, 2018SC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER