Mining Incidents

Dakota Stone Mining & Stone Supply Inc: 54 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James L Dean
Hill City, Pennington County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3900914

Dakota Stone Mining & Stone Supply Inc has $9K 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
4
Years on record
2003–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
54
citations
16
significant & substantial
$9,488
proposed penalties
$9,488
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
59
inspections on record
673
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: 673 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dakota Stone Mining & Stone Supply Inc has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-22.
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.
29.6%
significant & substantial
5.6%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
51.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.4% low, 87.0% moderate, 5.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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)
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: 2017-05-31, 9 years ago
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.04 0.52 2.00 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-05-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.91 0.35 Utility Man
2013-07-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.5 0.64 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.43 0.10 Forklift Operator
2013-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.05 0.15 Jackhammer 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
  1. Jimmy C Dean 1950 to 1988
  2. Dakota Stone Mining & Stone Supply Inc. 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 6
2024 7
2023 7
2022 8
2021 9
2020 9
2019 8
2018 9
2017 8
2016 8
2015 9
2014 9
2013 8
2012 8
2011 7
2010 7
2009 6
2008 7
2007 5
2006 5
2005 5
2004 5
2003 5
2002 6
2001 5
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dakota Stone Mining & Stone Supply Inc sits in Pennington County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Pennington County, South Dakota · Population 112,081
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$70,768
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
2026 Q2 1,086 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 416 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 892 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,365 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,132 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,309 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,396 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,449 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 870 1 0 1149.4
2023 Q4 1,174 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,080 2 0 1851.9
2023 Q2 1,085 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 948 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,379 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,812 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,735 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,219 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,608 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,483 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,002 2 2 999.0
2021 Q1 1,264 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,692 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,594 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,469 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 788 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,768 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,361 2 0 595.1
2019 Q2 1,841 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 33 2 0 60606.1
2018 Q4 2,681 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,747 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,170 3 1 946.4
2018 Q1 2,269 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,484 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,977 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,976 1 0 336.0
2017 Q1 2,798 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,514 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,572 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,079 1 0 324.8
2016 Q1 2,234 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,845 1 0 260.1
2015 Q3 4,073 1 0 245.5
2015 Q2 3,475 1 1 287.8
2015 Q1 3,127 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,337 1 0 299.7
2014 Q3 3,860 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,392 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,071 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,068 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,541 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,371 4 2 1186.6
2013 Q1 2,359 2 1 847.8
2012 Q4 3,130 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,523 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,347 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,044 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,999 1 0 333.4
2011 Q3 3,752 1 0 266.5
2011 Q2 2,897 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,086 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,869 3 0 1045.7
2010 Q3 3,885 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,869 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 955 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 475 11 5 23157.9
2009 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,100 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 900 1 0 1111.1
2008 Q3 3,559 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,278 1 0 439.0
2007 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 100 2 0 20000.0
2007 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 50 4 2 80000.0
2004 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 100 3 0 30000.0
2003 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 120 3 2 25000.0
2002 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 2 incidents

2008 · 1 incident

2003 · 1 incident

April 14, 2003 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dakota Stone Mining & Stone Supply Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS TRYING TO ROLL OVER A ROCK WHEN HIS HANDS SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACK ON ANOTHER ROCK AND CUT HIS ARM. HE AHD 10 STITCHES.