Plant #1: 2 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
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.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
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.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2026 |
6 |
| 2025 |
3 |
| 2021 |
1 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Plant #1 sits in Codington County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Codington County, South Dakota · Population 28,556
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$65,080
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 |
| 2026 Q2 |
982 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 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.