Mining Incidents

Fisher Industries Plant #34 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas G Fisher
Dickinson, Butte County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200099

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2003–2024
Latest incident
Nov 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
25
citations
5
significant & substantial
$8,325
proposed penalties
$8,209
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 1,321 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,867 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,580 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,880 2 0 1063.8
2024 Q4 824 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,142 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,841 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 589 2 1 3395.6
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2024 · 1 incident

November 19, 2024 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Utility knife slipped; lacerating right thigh

2019 · 1 incident

July 22, 2019 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Cleaning out cone and pinched finger between bar and angle iron. Lacerations to fingers.

2011 · 1 incident

July 19, 2011 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was stepping up into truck, due to rainy conditions the step of the truck was slippery. Employee's foot slipped causing his right knee to hit the step surface.

2009 · 1 incident

July 27, 2009 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Changing screens on the plant, while handling screens twisted right knee, causing knee to pop out.

2004 · 1 incident

April 21, 2004 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAT DOZER WAS STUCK IN SOFT WET GROUND. TRIED TO PULL OUT DOZER WITH LOADER. CHAIN BROKE SHATTERING BACK WINDOW GETTING SMALL CUTS TO RIGHT SIDE OF FACE & FRAGMENT IN EYE

2003 · 1 incident

October 29, 2003 SD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WASHING DOWN WASH PLANT UMTERY COLD CONDITIONS WALKWAY BECAME ICY EE SLIPPED AND FELL TO SURFACE BREAKING COLLAR BONE AND BRUISING RIBS.