Mining Incidents

Pine Ridge Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Bureau Of Indian Affairs · Surface
Controlled by United States Government
Shannon County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901170

MSHA record for Pine Ridge Pit (mine ID 3901170). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Bureau Of Indian Affairs 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pine Ridge Pit sits in Oglala Lakota 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.
Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota · Population 13,587
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$34,769
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

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.