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Parker Pit: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3900230

Parker Pit has $5K 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
3
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
2
significant & substantial
$5,400
proposed penalties
$5,400
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River-South Dakota's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
10
inspections on record
118
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: 118 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Parker Pit has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-06.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2009-11-24.
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
CENT20010099M Settlement Barbour 2001 $5K → $5K
CENT 2010-170M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Knife River-South Dakota 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2011 0
2010 1
2009 2
2008 3
2007 1
2006 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Parker Pit sits in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Minnehaha County, South Dakota · Population 200,689
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$76,074
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 1,704 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 227 1 0 4405.3
2009 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 613 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 989 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 435 3 0 6896.6
2008 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 628 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 611 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 362 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 603 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 942 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 167 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,141 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,203 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 69 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 666 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 929 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,214 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,273 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 458 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,858 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,301 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 261 2 2 7662.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

May 7, 2002 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River-South Dakota · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS HAMMERING WEDGES IN TO TIGHTEN THE SCREENS ON PLANT. THE ONE BEHIND THE MOTOR, WHEN STRUCK, CAME BACK OUT HITTING EE BY THE LEFT EYE.

March 19, 2002 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Knife River-South Dakota · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TAKING A WATER HOSE TO THE TOP OF THE TWINSCREW TO START TO WASH DOWN THE LADDER SHIFTED POSITIONS HOSE PULLED HIM BACK CAUSING A FALL.

2000 · 1 incident

February 7, 2000 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Knife River-South Dakota · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DUMPING ON WASTE PILE, LEFT REAR WHEELS HIT BEAM. TRUCK SLIPPED OVER THE EDGE. TRUCK SLID AND ROLLED APPROX 50-60' AND ENDED IN UPRIGHT POSITION. DRIVER CRAWLED OUT AND WALKED AWAY FROM TRUCK. DRIVER WAS WEARING SEAT BELT.