NORTH PIT Metal/Non-Metal
Boyer Sand & Rock Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Bill Boyer
Howarden,
Union County,
SD
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901377
NORTH PIT has $5K 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,992
proposed penalties
$4,730
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $262 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
177
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: 177 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
NORTH PIT has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-02.
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 Q4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 140 | 10 | 3 | 71428.6 |
| 2024 Q2 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q2 | 450 | 4 | 1 | 8888.9 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 9090.9 |
| 2021 Q2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 549 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 368 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 100 | 4 | 2 | 40000.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 50 | 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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