Mining Incidents

Mc Laughlin Pit & Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mc Laughlin & Schulz Inc
Watertown, Codington County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3900233

Mc Laughlin Pit & Mill has $15K 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
23
Years on record
1987–2009
Latest incident
Jul 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
53
citations
27
significant & substantial
$15,450
proposed penalties
$15,450
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
29
inspections on record
365
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: 365 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mc Laughlin Pit & Mill has $15K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-07-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2017 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 427 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 347 5 2 14409.2
2016 Q2 1,527 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,259 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,572 1 0 280.0
2015 Q3 5,391 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 4,882 6 4 1229.0
2015 Q1 1,377 1 0 726.2
2014 Q4 2,687 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,874 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,875 1 1 205.1
2014 Q1 1,307 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,657 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,396 2 1 370.6
2013 Q2 4,252 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,186 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,200 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,065 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,665 2 1 428.7
2012 Q1 1,792 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,634 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,193 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,048 5 4 990.5
2011 Q1 1,199 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,769 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,035 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,005 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,338 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,439 4 2 1163.1
2009 Q3 5,885 2 2 339.8
2009 Q2 5,205 6 4 1152.7
2009 Q1 1,903 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,412 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,038 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,991 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,947 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,708 1 0 269.7
2007 Q3 6,458 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,457 2 1 366.5
2007 Q1 2,847 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,748 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,073 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,603 4 1 713.9
2006 Q1 2,558 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,140 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,168 4 1 648.5
2005 Q2 5,661 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,738 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,072 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,316 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,618 2 0 302.2
2004 Q1 2,242 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,628 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,539 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,856 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,649 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,685 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,047 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,275 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,833 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,958 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,098 2 1 392.3
2001 Q1 3,084 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,664 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,485 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,924 3 2 506.4
2000 Q1 2,401 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

23 on file

2009 · 1 incident

July 27, 2009 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Struck by falling object

Employee was loading dirt out of a stockpile, the overhang material fell and buried the front of the loader, breaking the windshield out and buried the employees legs in the loader

2008 · 1 incident

July 11, 2008 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
F J Mc Laughlin Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had his annual hearing test, results were received at our office on July 11, 2008, in which was stated the employees left ear had a standard threshold shift.

2005 · 1 incident

July 15, 2005 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Fall from ladders

Employee was helping take the cage off of the jaw crusher. He was standing on a ladder, the ladder slipped and he fell approximately 3' to the ground.

1996 · 2 incidents

September 11, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TURNING THE JAW AT THE WASH PLANT WITH A PIPE WRENCH. JAW WAS HARD TO TURN. IT FINALLY GAVE AND EE'S MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN PULLEY AND PIPE WRENCH. WASH PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN AT THE TIME.

May 15, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN A LOADER BUCKET APPRXO 12' H, MOVING WIRES OFF OF A CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE FELL APPRXO 12' TO THE GROUND, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL SHOCK. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON SHOULDER, NECK NEC K AND HEAD.

1995 · 1 incident

August 11, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTYING THE HOPPER, AT THE WASHPLANT. HIS HAND WAS ON THE LEVER AND TH ETHIRD FINGE ROF HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LEVER AND THE TRUCK, WHICH CAUSED A BREAK IN THE TI P OF HIS THIRD FINGER.

1993 · 2 incidents

May 27, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PUTTING A V-BELT ON A PULLEY AT THE WASH PLANT. BELT WENT AROUND AND CAUGHT EE'S FINGER BETWEEN PULLEY AND BELT. FINGER WAS CUT AT THE TIP OF THE FINGER.

April 20, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING HAND RAIL ON WASH PLANT, HE THEN STEPPED DOWN. WHEN HE STEPPED BACK UP TO WHERE HAND RAIL WAS, HE GRABBED HAND RAIL WHERE HE HAD WELDED, HE THEN RELEASED RAIL QUICKLY AND FELL 2' TO 3' TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS FEET.

1992 · 2 incidents

June 22, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER AFTER CHANGING SCREENS AT WASH PLANT. HE STEPPED OFF LADDER AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

May 4, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING OVER AND CLEANING ROCKS OUT OF THE CONE AT THE WASH PLANT AND THE OVERHEAD CONVEYOR WAS TURNED ON.ROCK STRUCK HIS SHOULDER AND BACK.

1990 · 7 incidents

November 20, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL PUSHING ROCK OFF CONVEYOR STEPPED ON ROCK AND SPRAINED ANKLE.

November 7, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CUTTING A BEARING ON A SHAFT ON A CONVEYOR AND A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL WENT INTO HIS EYE.

November 1, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Fall from machine

HAD BEEN LOADING TRUCK WAS EXITING THE LOADER SLIPPED AND FELL.

October 19, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS RUNNING HOT MIX PLANT, DOOR WAS OPEN ON SHCACK AND AS HE WAS TRYING TO SHUT IT THE WIND CAUGHT THE DOOR AND SLAM THE DOOR SHUT. THE EMPLOYEE THUMB WAS IN THE DOOR JAM.

October 3, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS WALKING FROM MIXER TOWARD CONTROL SHACK, SLIPPED ON 2" PIECE OF HARD ASPHALT AND DISLOCATED VERTABRAE.

July 5, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING FEED CONVEYOR SCREEN OFF,HAMMER HIT IRON AND RICOCHTED AND HIT FINGER.

March 19, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Struck by flying object

GRINDING ROUGH EDGES OF STEEL ON TRAP & SMALL PIECE OF STEEL FLEW INTO EYE.

1989 · 4 incidents

October 20, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Struck by flying object

WIND BLEW PARTICLE IN EYE.

October 17, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

TIGHTENING BOLTS ON CONE CRUSHER PULLED ON WRENCH & SPRAINED BACK.

June 13, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ELECTRIC MOTOR AT WASH PLANT.

1988 · 1 incident

October 31, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING LODGED ROCK FROM TAIL PULLEY,RIGHT ARM UPPER MUSCLES AND CHEST MUSCLES INJURED.

1987 · 1 incident

February 18, 1987 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F J Mc Laughlin Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TURN A WHEEL ON A PORTABLE CONVEYOR. HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND BROKE HIS ANKLE.

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