Hot Springs Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1985–2006
Latest incident
Feb 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
41
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,747
proposed penalties
$4,653
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $94 gap.
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: 500 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hot Springs Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-17.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
19citations taken to the federal commission · 46% of citations on record
Settled
11 · 58%
Stood as issued
3 · 16%
Vacated or withdrawn
5 · 26%
80%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
22%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-10-08.
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.
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: 2010-02-18, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-02-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.35
10
0.04
Drill Operator, Rotary
2010-02-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.65
1.42
0.46
Drill Operator, Rotary
2008-09-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.88
2.63
0.33
Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-09-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.64
2.69
0.24
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-01-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.07
2.34
0.46
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-01-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
2.25
0.27
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-01-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.65
3.02
0.22
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-01-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.55
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Hot Springs Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In South Dakota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.34 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
3
2024
3
2023
0
2022
3
2021
0
2020
2
2019
0
2018
2
2017
7
2016
8
2015
3
2014
5
2013
4
2012
4
2011
8
2010
9
2009
10
2008
7
2007
8
2006
7
2005
7
2004
11
2003
7
2002
6
2001
6
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hot Springs Quarry 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
2,335
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
1,340
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
432
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
1,542
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
0
0
0
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
634
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
915
1
0
1092.9
2024 Q1
1,854
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q2
837
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
292
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
0
0
0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
1,649
2
0
1212.9
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
0
0
0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
2,727
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
4,730
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,081
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,718
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,603
1
0
277.5
2016 Q4
1,182
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1,183
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
4,067
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
5,278
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
5,944
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
0
0
0
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
3,414
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,792
1
0
208.7
2014 Q2
1,024
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
607
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,631
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,497
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,366
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
132
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,633
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
866
1
0
1154.7
2011 Q4
4,064
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,596
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
2,314
1
0
432.2
2011 Q1
471
1
0
2123.1
2010 Q4
5,491
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
5,740
10
1
1742.2
2010 Q2
3,983
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
3,069
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,179
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,679
4
0
1087.3
2009 Q2
3,899
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
4,245
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,654
3
0
821.0
2008 Q3
4,450
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,172
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
3,326
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,641
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,889
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
5,085
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,659
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
3,308
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,920
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
4,108
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
3,594
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,850
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,245
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,215
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,028
1
0
248.3
2004 Q4
3,959
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,980
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,552
10
3
2196.8
2004 Q1
8,219
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,520
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,666
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,821
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
3,280
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
3,273
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,101
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,375
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
3,421
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,276
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,315
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,189
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1,294
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,978
3
0
754.1
2000 Q3
4,466
1
0
223.9
2000 Q2
3,897
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,160
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
17 on file
2006 · 1 incident
February 1, 2006SD · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was assisting with removal of the outer sleeve from an impact bar for a portable crusher. Bar was removed and placed on the ground. Upon spining bar over to allow a cut to be made for removal of outer sleeve, employee lost his grip & bar pinched his finger between bar and his steel toe boot. Sutures required.
2003 · 1 incident
January 30, 2003SD · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorOTHER
EMP REPAIRING SEPARATOR. SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER HE WAS STANDING ON, CATCHING HIS ARM ON THE BLADE OF THE AIR SEPARATOR. HAD PUNCTURE WOUND IN UNDER ARM.
1995 · 1 incident
November 8, 1995SD · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MSHA INSPECTOR HAD ATTACHED A DOSIMETER TO EE'S INSULATED COVERALLS, THE EE WAS OPEARTING THE BOBCAT. HE ATTEMPTED TO GET OUT OF THE BOBCAT. THEDOSIMETER HUNG UP ON THE STEERING LEVER. THIS CA USED THE EE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. HE FELL BACK IN TO THE BOBCAT HERNIATING A DISC IN HIS SPINE.
1994 · 2 incidents
November 23, 1994SD · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE BOBCAT SKID STEER LOADER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE BUCKET OF THE LOADER, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE PERFORMING CLEAN UP WITH BOBCAT SKID STEER LOADER WITH ATTACHMENT FOR CLEANING UNDER CONVEYORS. THE ATTACHMENT SLIPPED, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.
1992 · 1 incident
December 1, 1992SD · Metal/Non-Metaldrill operatorOTHER
EMPLOYEE DRILLING FOR BLAST. HE WAS UNCOUPLING A DRILL STEEL WHEN THE WIND CAUGHT THE STEEL, TIPPING IT TO THE LEFT. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO STOP THE STEEL FROM FALLING. HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SID E.
1991 · 2 incidents
June 25, 1991SD · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON