Mining Incidents

Palmetto Sand MineMetal/Nonmetal

Dorchester, Colleton County, SC · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800710
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2007–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

experienced fire on CAT 982M yard loader

2022 · 1 incident

Contact with hot objects or substances

While loosening the fill plug on the final drive of an excavator, the hot drive oil sprayed on the employees right hand resulting in burns that required medical treatment.

2020 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee experienced chest pains, due to a personal underlying and pre-existing heart condition. Employee was transported to hospital where EE was diagnosed as experiencing a heart attack. Employee underwent stent procedure to treat arterial blockage. Employee remained responsive and alert at all times. CPR was not performed. AED was not used. Employee is back to work full duty.

2018 · 1 incident

Fall from ladders

Had been raining earlier that morning and ladder steps were wet.

2007 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Readjusting plant level, hand slipped causing him to fall forward and his middle finger went into a hole, resulting in him loosing approx 3/8"" from his middle finger.