Mining Incidents

Oban Pit: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Oban Construction, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Gene Oban; Laurie Oban
Ipswich, Edmunds County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901526

Oban Pit has $465 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 2008
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$465
proposed penalties
$465
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
22
inspections on record
217
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: 217 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Oban Pit has $465 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.
$465
proposed penalties
$465
current assessed
$465
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-05-10.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
25.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 25.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2009-09-16, 16 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Oban Construction 2008 to 2011
  2. Oban Construction, LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 3
2023 1
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 3
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 4
2009 3
2008 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Oban Pit sits in Edmunds County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Edmunds County, South Dakota · Population 4,033
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$77,266
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 19 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 39 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 153 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1 1 0 1000000.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 67 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 183 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 19 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 390 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 398 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 327 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 197 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 87 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 328 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 139 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 188 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 338 2 0 5917.2
2017 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 179 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 152 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 268 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 441 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 281 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 190 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 517 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 759 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 216 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 528 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 868 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 827 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 107 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 789 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 838 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 524 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 113 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,441 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,501 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 274 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 345 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 230 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 98 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 57 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 232 1 0 4310.3

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.