Mining Incidents

Southern Hills PitMetal/Nonmetal

Custer, Custer County, SD · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901351
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2020
Latest incident
Jul 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2020 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

Gravel quarry crusher cought fire due to hydraulic line breaking. Soaked running cat motor and ignited. Two workers saw this happen, one ran for extinguishers and other notified supervision which in turn called 911 and had local department on sight within 15 minutes. Crusher and one conveyor could not be saved. No personnel were injured.