Mining Incidents

Opperman Portable #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Opperman Inc · Surface
Controlled by Jeff Opperman
Gregory, Gregory County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901515

Opperman Portable #3 has $3K 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 2006
24
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,933
proposed penalties
$2,933
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
28
inspections on record
331
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: 331 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Opperman Portable #3 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-07.
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 484 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 524 1 0 1908.4
2025 Q1 281 3 0 10676.2
2024 Q4 1,039 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,028 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 656 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 850 0 0 0.0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 721 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,582 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 856 2 0 2336.4
2023 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 563 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 710 4 0 5633.8
2022 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 44 1 0 22727.3
2021 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 708 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,195 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 349 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 425 1 0 2352.9
2019 Q3 922 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 169 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 12 2 1 166666.7
2018 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 667 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 826 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 356 1 1 2809.0
2017 Q3 457 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 458 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 55 2 0 36363.6
2016 Q3 95 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 68 3 0 44117.6
2015 Q4 306 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 458 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 606 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 353 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 653 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 373 1 1 2681.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 138 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 402 1 0 2487.6
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 230 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 343 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 337 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 431 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 607 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,023 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 934 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 279 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 350 1 0 2857.1
2007 Q3 415 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 913 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 176 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 455 1 0 2197.8

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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The full compliance file on Opperman Portable #3

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