A female employee at Silfab Solar’s Fort Mill plant called 911 yesterday morning. According to the call log, the woman struggled to breathe and was ‘whimpering’ on the line.
York County Sheriff’s dispatch logged the welfare check at 7149 Logistics Lane. Officials labeled it a medical emergency. York County officials have not yet responded as to the condition of the woman.
The call came shortly after the factory restarted production.
According to insider sources, company leaders had paused manufacturing operations from August 5 to August 11. They cited temporary material and component shortages.
Meanwhile, legal pressure mounts on the plant.
Two weeks ago, York County Council met in executive session for nearly four hours.
Chairwoman Christi Cox emerged and announced no action. She said the council sought legal advice on Judge McKinnon’s July 21 order. Cox claimed the order was not final.
Yet the signed document clearly labels itself a “Final Order and Judgment.” It affirms the Board of Zoning Appeals’ May 30, 2024 decision in full.
The BZA voted 5-0 that solar-panel manufacturing is forbidden in the Light Industrial district. County code bans any use not listed in the zoning tables.
York County issued Silfab’s permits after that ruling. The plant therefore lacked legal zoning compliance from the start. The court upheld the BZA finding under the any-evidence standard.
York County Council members and officials are still refusing to enforce either the BZA ruling or the court’s final order.
Silfab’s website stated in March that cell and module manufacturing had restarted. On July 21 the company confirmed operations continued. Multiple employees report both lines remain active today.
On March 10, 2026, the Fort Mill School Board passed a formal resolution demanding that Governor McMaster, the General Assembly, Attorney General Alan Wilson, and York County Council “permanently limit the facility’s operations and remove all hazardous chemicals on site in accordance with the facility’s current light industrial zone”.
The Governor, the AG, the General Assembly, and the York County Council have thus far failed to hear the cries and are all refusing to take action to uphold the law.
