Mining Incidents

Brandon Materials Company: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Brandon Materials Company · Surface
Controlled by Gerald P Sweetman
Brandon, Minnehaha County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3900441

Brandon Materials Company has $220 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Apr 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$220
proposed penalties
$220
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
93
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 93 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Brandon Materials Company has $220 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$220
proposed penalties
$220
current assessed
$220
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $55 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-04-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT20020330M Withdrawal 2003 $55 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Brandon Ready Mix Inc 1950 to 1986
  2. Brandon Tea Ready Mix 1986 to 1992
  3. Brandon Materials Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 1
2006 2
2005 2
2004 4
2003 4
2002 3
2001 4
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Brandon Materials Company sits in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

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.
Minnehaha County, South Dakota · Population 200,689
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$76,074
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4 392 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 13 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 88 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 109 0 0 0.0
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 230 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 671 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 696 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 847 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,529 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,841 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 699 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,429 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,096 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 649 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,239 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,104 2 0 1811.6
2002 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 733 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 285 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 238 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 295 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 762 2 0 2624.7
2000 Q2 341 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

April 15, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brandon Tea Ready Mix · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HAMMERING CABLE TIE LOOSE, EXCESS PIECE OF STEEL WENT THRU GLOVE INTO KNUCKLE JOINT NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT TO CRANE.