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P.Q. 3144 (Fast Pack): 28 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Simon Contractors · Surface
Controlled by Colas S A
Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901554

P.Q. 3144 (Fast Pack) has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
May 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
28
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,136
proposed penalties
$4,136
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Simon Contractors's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
23
inspections on record
297
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: 297 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

P.Q. 3144 (Fast Pack) has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $560 in penalties contested before the Commission, $236 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-12-19.
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.
10.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
10.7%
reasonably likely or greater
60.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 50%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 50%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
58%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$560 proposed, $236 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2018-10-11.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2011-398M Vacate Tureck 2012 $324 → $0
CENT 2019-0013 Settlement Lesnick 2018 $236 → $236
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2023-09-26
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-09-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-11-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-11-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2019-11-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-11-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2011-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 2.03 0.10 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 1.56 0.26 Bobcat Operator
2010-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Hills Materials Company 2010 to 2015
  2. Simon Contractors 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 3
2023 7
2022 7
2021 5
2020 6
2019 7
2018 7
2017 2
2016 3
2015 4
2014 2
2013 3
2012 6
2011 5
2010 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

P.Q. 3144 (Fast Pack) sits in Fall River County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Fall River County, South Dakota · Population 7,179
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$61,056
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
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 2,372 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,463 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,936 4 0 1362.4
2023 Q3 3,950 5 1 1265.8
2023 Q2 2,533 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,275 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,572 4 0 1119.8
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3 4,493 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,332 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,087 1 0 479.2
2021 Q4 2,638 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,259 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,553 2 0 783.4
2021 Q1 2,050 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,221 1 0 450.2
2020 Q3 3,625 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,865 1 0 258.7
2020 Q1 3,276 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,988 1 0 200.5
2019 Q3 3,924 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,476 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,169 1 0 315.6
2018 Q4 3,035 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,920 2 1 510.2
2018 Q2 1,505 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,046 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 384 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,456 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,468 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 626 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 887 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,351 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 303 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 353 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,268 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,641 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 757 1 0 1321.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 1,075 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,208 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,959 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,387 2 0 837.9
2010 Q3 3,772 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,903 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

May 6, 2010 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hills Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner turned/sprained his ankle while installing a screen. Miner did not report incident until Monday May 10, 2010. Miner stated he felt he was OK on May 6 and May 7 but his foot begin to swell up on Saturday May 8 so he sought medical treatment over the weekend and received a gel splint to help immobilize the foot. Miner was released back to full duty the same day.