What are Carlson Pit and Mill's MSHA penalties?

Carlson Pit and Mill has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $0 currently outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

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Carlson Pit and Mill: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Carlson Pit and Mill · Surface

Controlled by Arlan Carlson; Douglas Carlson

Eden, Day County, SD · Temporarily Idled

MSHA Mine ID: 3901206

Carlson Pit and Mill has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 0
Years on record: —
Latest incident: —

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$2,218

proposed penalties

$2,218

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

inspections on record

314

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: 314 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$2K

proposed penalties

$2K

current assessed

$2K

paid to date

outstanding

18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-05.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Violation severity profile

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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.

33.3%

significant & substantial

22.2%

high negligence or reckless

33.3%

reasonably likely or greater

55.6%

permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs

Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.6% low, 72.2% moderate, 22.2% high, 0.0% reckless.

Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

Health sampling

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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)

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Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2010-07-14, 16 years ago

samples

limit-tested

Most sampled contaminants

Respirable dust, <.1mg1

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Date	Contaminant	Concentration	Limit	Conc / limit	Occupation
2010-07-14	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator

Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Ownership history

Carlson Pit and Mill 1979 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Workforce and production

Year	Employees
2026	1
2025	2
2024	1
2023	1
2022	2
2021	2
2020	1
2019	1
2018	2
2017	2
2016	2
2015	2
2014	2
2013	2
2012	2
2011	2
2010	2
2009	2
2008	2
2007	2
2006	2
2005	1
2004	2
2003	2
2002	1
2001	1
2000	1

Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Local economic context

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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.

Day County, South Dakota · Population 5,460

0.1%

Mining share of county employment

$62,270

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Quarterly safety rates

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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	Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2	49	0	0.0
2026 Q1	0	0
2025 Q4	17	0	0.0
2025 Q3	12	1	83333.3
2025 Q2	27	0	0.0
2025 Q1	0	0
2024 Q4	35	0	0.0
2024 Q3	31	0	0.0

Show 97 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2	0	0	0
2024 Q1	0	0	0
2023 Q4	33	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	38	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	0	0	0
2023 Q1	0	0	0
2022 Q4	27	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	43	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	49	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	0	0	0
2021 Q4	47	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	65	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	47	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	0	0	0
2020 Q4	77	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	59	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	0	0	0
2020 Q1	0	0	0
2019 Q4	35	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	63	1	0	15873.0
2019 Q2	0	0	0
2019 Q1	0	0	0
2018 Q4	31	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	57	1	0	17543.9
2018 Q2	33	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	0	0	0
2017 Q4	45	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	50	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	33	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	0	0	0
2016 Q4	39	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	57	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	39	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	0	0	0
2015 Q4	43	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	48	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	26	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	0	0	0
2014 Q4	39	0	0	0.0
2014 Q3	78	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	41	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	0	0	0
2013 Q4	39	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	61	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	34	1	0	29411.8
2013 Q1	0	0	0
2012 Q4	42	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	65	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	87	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	19	1	0	52631.6
2011 Q4	58	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	75	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	79	2	2	25316.5
2011 Q1	0	0	0
2010 Q4	138	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	119	1	1	8403.4
2010 Q2	52	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	0	0	0
2009 Q4	52	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	65	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	54	3	3	55555.6
2009 Q1	0	0	0
2008 Q4	100	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	150	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	165	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	0	0	0
2007 Q4	100	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	175	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	50	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	0	0	0
2006 Q4	100	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	150	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	150	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	0	0	0
2005 Q4	100	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	100	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	0	0	0
2004 Q4	75	1	0	13333.3
2004 Q3	175	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	100	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	0	0	0
2003 Q4	100	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	100	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	100	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	0	0	0
2002 Q4	0	0	0
2002 Q3	100	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	150	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	0	0	0
2001 Q4	100	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	100	6	0	60000.0
2001 Q2	0	0	0
2001 Q1	0	0	0
2000 Q4	0	0	0
2000 Q3	200	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	0	0	0
2000 Q1	0	0	0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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Carlson Pit and Mill has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples) ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Carlson Pit and Mill sits in Day County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

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Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)

ⓘ
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.