Mining Incidents
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Mines in Tripp County, South Dakota

Tripp County, South Dakota has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 3 intermittent, 8 abandoned. 2 accidents have been reported at these mines between 2009 and 2013. Inspectors have issued 121 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Tripp 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 Tripp County →

Mines on register
11
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
121
0 underground · 11 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 11 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 8 abandoned 2 reported accidents, 2009–2013
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.
Tripp County, South Dakota · Population 5,607
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,854
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
Atteberry Construction Inc. 2 0 0
John A Carlson Inc 2 0 0
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company 1 0 0
Gerald Bachmann & Sons 1 0 0
Larry Nagel Construction 1 0 0
OPPERMAN INC 1 0 0
Schoonover Brothers 1 0 0
Tripp County Highway Dept 1 0 0
Woidneck Construction Company 1 0 0
Mines in Tripp County11 on register
  1. OPPERMAN PORTABLE #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · OPPERMAN INC · MSHA ID 3901485
    Intermittent
  2. Inertia
    Surface metal/non-metal · Atteberry Construction Inc. · MSHA ID 3901489
    Intermittent
  3. CEC MOBILE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Atteberry Construction · MSHA ID 3901659
    Intermittent
  4. Bachmann Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gerald Bachmann & Sons · MSHA ID 3901181
    Abandoned
  5. Burtz Pit No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Larry Nagel Construction · MSHA ID 3901148
    Abandoned
  6. Connely Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tripp County Highway Dept · MSHA ID 3901172
    Abandoned
  7. Doug Schmidt Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 3901249
    Abandoned
  8. Schoonover Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Schoonover Brothers · MSHA ID 3901250
    Abandoned
  9. Unit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · John A Carlson Inc · MSHA ID 3901145
    Abandoned
  10. UNIT NO 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · John A Carlson Inc · MSHA ID 3901176
    Abandoned
  11. Woidneck Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Woidneck Construction Company · MSHA ID 3900026
    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.