Mining Incidents

Beecher / Longview Metal/Non-Metal

Iris Metals Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Iris Metals Limited
Custer, Custer County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901687

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
4
citations
1
significant & substantial
$604
proposed penalties
$604
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 122 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 433 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 592 4 1 6756.8
2025 Q1 359 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

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

May 11, 2025 SD · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Iris Metals Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

5-11-25 a fire started in one of our green slash piles. The state wild land fire crews that helped put out the fire suspect that the cause of ignition was lightning. We have submitted a request to receive a copy of the official investigation.