Mining Incidents

Mitchell Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Mitchell Quarry · Surface
Controlled by David Alexander
MITCHELL, Hanson County, SD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3901608

Mitchell Quarry has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Oct 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
111
citations
23
significant & substantial
$59,170
proposed penalties
$52,522
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,648 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
33
inspections on record
502
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: 502 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mitchell Quarry has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$59K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$53K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-05.
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
2025 Q4 6,812 21 5 3082.8
2025 Q3 7,748 14 5 1806.9
2025 Q2 6,280 3 0 477.7
2025 Q1 4,630 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,077 9 1 2207.5
2024 Q3 3,600 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,600 2 1 434.8
2024 Q1 4,032 11 1 2728.2
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,355 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,808 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,900 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,950 8 0 4102.6
2022 Q4 2,106 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,350 12 2 5106.4
2022 Q2 1,226 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,862 10 1 5370.6
2021 Q2 2,735 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 479 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,565 9 4 5750.8
2020 Q2 1,637 1 0 610.9
2020 Q1 1,523 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,938 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,742 4 1 1458.8
2019 Q2 1,238 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 2,572 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,398 1 0 715.3
2018 Q1 0 5 2
2017 Q4 1,522 1 0 657.0
2017 Q3 1,648 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

October 2, 2024 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dakota Constructors Inc · Struck by falling object

Miner was standing in way of excavator pin removal. Was not wearing steel toe shoes. Was told to be away from area by foreman before pin fell.

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