Earl Sparks Gravel Metal/Non-Metal
Earl Sparks Gravel
· Surface
Controlled by
Earl R Sparks
Yankton,
Yankton County,
SD
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3900284
Earl Sparks Gravel has $241 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 2018
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$241
proposed penalties
$241
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
14
inspections on record
125
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 125 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Earl Sparks Gravel has $241 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
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.$241
proposed penalties
$241
current assessed
$241
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q3 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 15151.5 |
| 2020 Q3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 17241.4 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 49 | 0 | 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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