Data / Mines / South Carolina / Columbia Sand
Columbia Sand: 6 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Columbia Sand is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Lexington County, South Carolina, operated by Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC with 6 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3800130). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 6 citations and orders there with $1,673 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3800130
- Status
- Active since October 28, 2013
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Lexington County, South Carolina
- Nearest town
- West Columbia
- Operator
- Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC
- Parent company
- Heidelberg Materials AG
- Employees
- 6
- MSHA field office
- Columbia SC Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 6
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (16.7%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $1,673
- Amount paid so far
- $1,673
- Inspections
- 14
- Inspector hours on site
- 107
- Citations per inspection
- 0.43 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 21, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | $613 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | $1,060 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Columbia Sand
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Lexington County, South Carolina
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Plant | U.S. Silica Company, LLC | Lexington County, SC | Sand, industrial | 55 | 124 |
| Cayce Quarry | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Lexington County, SC | Crushed, broken granite | 27 | 32 |
| Frick Mine | R&T Grading, Inc | Lexington County, SC | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 22 |
| Dixiana Mine | American Materials Company,LLC | Lexington County, SC | Construction sand and gravel | 8 | 19 |
| I-20 Sand Mine LLC | I-20 Sand Mine LLC | Lexington County, SC | Sand, common | 2 | 8 |
| Lanier Sand | American Materials Company,LLC | Lexington County, SC | Construction sand and gravel | 8 | 4 |
| Calhoun Sand | Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC | Lexington County, SC | Sand, common | 12 | 3 |
| Old Charleston Sand | Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC | Lexington County, SC | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 3 |
| Lexington Quarry | Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | Lexington County, SC | Crushed, broken granite | 12 | 1 |
| Lexington County Mines | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Lexington County, SC | Common clays | 1 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.