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OPPERMAN PORTABLE #2 Metal/Non-Metal

OPPERMAN INC · Surface

Controlled by Jeff Opperman

Carter, Tripp County, SD · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 3901485

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2009–2013
Latest incident: Sep 2013

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

citations

significant & substantial

$11,197

proposed penalties

$11,197

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	2	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	6	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	6	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	52	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	628	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	110	3	2	27272.7
2024 Q1	1	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 1 incident

September 9, 2013 SD · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Opperman Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was performing routine maintenance on the secondary crusher. After locking out the gen-set, employee was checking wear parts, slipped and fell. Surfaces were still wet from the rain the night before.

2009 · 1 incident

October 13, 2009 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Opperman Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The chute feeding the VSI Crusher plugged, which at that time, the equipment was shut down to clean out the rocks. When the miner was removing the rocks out of the plugged chute, another rock shifted and smashed his finger causing the injury, which required approximately 8 sutures. The rocks in the chute were 2"-8" in size.