Plant #1
Metal/Non-Metal
Watertown,
Codington County,
SD
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Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901093
Plant #1 has $258 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
- 3
- Years on record
- 1990–1991
- Latest incident
- Oct 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 19 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Plant #1 has $258 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-05-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
646 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 |
216 |
1 |
0 |
4629.6 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
1991 · 2 incidents
Brownlee Construction Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME REMOVING AIR FROM A TIRE WHICH WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND.THE TIRE BLEW WHEN HE TAPPED THE RIM WITH A HAMMER.HE WAS BLOWN DOWN TO THE GROUND FROM A SITTING POSITION AND STRUCK HEEL ON THE GROUND.
August 5, 1991
SD · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
OTHER
Brownlee Construction Inc · Struck by flying object
OPERATING CRUSHER,POSSIBILITY THAT A BUG FLEW INTO OPER EYE.OPER NOT AWARE UNTIL THAT NIGHT THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG.
1990 · 1 incident
September 1, 1990
SD · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Brownlee Construction Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
OPERATING CRUSHER. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF CRUSHER DUST IN THE LUNGS. THIS HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AS OF THIS DATE. HOWEVER THIS IS FILED TO CORRECT REPORTS AND GET THE POSSIBILITY OF CRUSHE R DUST IN THE LUNGS ON RECORD. THIS WAS NOT KNOWN ABOUT WHEN 3RD QUARTER REPORTS WERE FILED. CONTRACTOR DID NOT KNOW UNTIL 10-22-90.
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