Mining Incidents
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Mines in Lake County, South Dakota

Lake County, South Dakota has 12 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 4 intermittent, 7 abandoned. 7 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 394 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Lake County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Lake County →

Mines on register
12
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
394
0 underground · 12 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 12 metal and non-metal 4 intermittent 7 abandoned 7 reported accidents, 1987–2024
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.
Lake County, South Dakota · Population 11,052
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$73,792
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company 1 0 0
Gravel Pit Co 1 0 0
Hilde Pipe & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
J & J Construction 1 0 0
Johnson Brothers Excavation, Inc 1 0 0
Kesteloot Excavation & Dirt Work Services LLC 1 0 0
Michael Johnson Construction LLC 1 1 0
Neville Construction Company 1 0 0
Pickard Gravel LLC 1 0 0
Reinicke Construction Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Lake County12 on register
  1. West Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Michael Johnson Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3901393
    Active
  2. Wash Plant Portable
    Surface metal/non-metal · Johnson Brothers Excavation, Inc · MSHA ID 3901580
    Intermittent
  3. HILDE PIPE & GRAVEL INC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hilde Pipe & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3900246
    Abandoned
  4. Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gravel Pit Co · MSHA ID 3901412
    Abandoned
  5. Reinicke Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Reinicke Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3901392
    Intermittent
  6. Rutland Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pickard Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3901688
    Intermittent
  7. Kesteloot Excavation
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kesteloot Excavation & Dirt Work Services LLC · MSHA ID 3901675
    Intermittent
  8. Ronnies Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ronnies Rocks and Boulders · MSHA ID 3901670
    Abandoned
  9. Charlies Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 3901152
    Abandoned
  10. Hodne Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gracevale Colony · MSHA ID 3901633
    Abandoned
  11. Matson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Neville Construction Company · MSHA ID 3900700
    Abandoned
  12. Matson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & J Construction · MSHA ID 3900806
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.