Mining Incidents

Pete Lien & Sons, S&G Portable Plant: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Pete Lien & Sons Inc
Wasta, Pennington County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901480

Pete Lien & Sons, S&G Portable Plant has $1K 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
2
Years on record
2007–2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,182
proposed penalties
$1,182
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
12
inspections on record
137
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: 137 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pete Lien & Sons, S&G Portable Plant has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-06.
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.
18.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.2%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
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.
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: 2010-05-26, 16 years ago
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-05-20 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. Pete Lien & Sons Inc/Sand & Gravel Division 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 2
2015 0
2014 0
2013 1
2012 0
2011 0
2010 2
2009 3
2008 2
2007 4
2006 3
2005 2
2004 2
2003 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pete Lien & Sons, S&G Portable Plant sits in Pennington 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.
Pennington County, South Dakota · Population 112,081
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$70,768
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
2016 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 997 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 1 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3 1,698 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 1 1
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,210 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,925 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,564 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 632 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,211 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,854 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,106 5 1 4520.8
2009 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,058 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 978 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,349 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,894 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,778 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,836 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,594 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,474 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,589 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,357 1 0 736.9
2006 Q1 1,046 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,756 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,394 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,670 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,814 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,271 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,347 3 0 2227.2
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,672 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,811 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

2007 · 1 incident

October 23, 2007 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Pete Lien & Sons Inc/Sand & Gravel Division · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Doing plant maintenance, was stung by wasp.