Wateree Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Richtex Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
Pamona Corp
Sumter County,
SC
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800042
MSHA record for Wateree Pit (mine ID 3800042). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Eastern Brick & Tile Company 1950 to 1978
- Richtex Corp 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Wateree Pit sits in Sumter County, South Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Sumter County, South Carolina · Population 104,853
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$55,990
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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.