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Richland County Mines Metal/Non-Metal

General Shale Brick, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Wienerberger AG

Columbia, Richland County, SC · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3800039

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2006
Latest incident: Aug 2006

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$7,003

proposed penalties

$6,768

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	46	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	40	0	0	0.0
2023 Q4	40	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	38	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	40	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	40	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	44	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	44	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

August 21, 2006 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Forterra Brick, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was lying on his back holding a 1" impact tool, breaking loose nut and bolt on cutting edge. EE had leg wrapped around cutting edge to hold counter sunk bolt from spinning. As bolt came loose, it popped up and spun, cutting through his pant leg, causing laceration to left knee.