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: 196 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
WEST MINE has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-06-21.
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.
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: 2004-03-17, 22 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
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Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-03-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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
2007
0
2006
2
2005
3
2004
3
2003
4
2002
3
2001
5
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
WEST MINE sits in Horry 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.
Horry County, South Carolina · Population 368,937
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,623
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 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
55
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
0
0
0
2006 Q2
37
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
474
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
468
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
893
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,961
2
0
1019.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1
1,121
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
906
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
989
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,197
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,136
1
0
880.3
2003 Q4
1,018
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
987
1
0
1013.2
2003 Q2
1,937
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,981
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
952
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,471
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,225
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,111
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,105
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,165
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,724
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,558
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,287
10
3
4372.5
2000 Q3
2,329
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,903
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,214
1
1
823.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
1996 · 1 incident
November 21, 1996SC · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CLOSING DOWN FOR THE DAY AND EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE DUMP TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON THE STEP OF THETRUCK, AND REPORTED THE NEXT DAY THAT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK.