Mining Incidents

Plant 2: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Johner Gravel, Inc. · Surface
Spearfish, Lawrence County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901582

Plant 2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $668 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
20
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,510
proposed penalties
$2,842
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $668 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
20
inspections on record
144
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: 144 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 2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $668 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$668
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-15.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
5.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 95.0% moderate, 5.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Johner and Sons EarthMoving 2011 to 2014
  2. Johner Gravel, Inc. 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 2
2018 2
2017 4
2016 3
2015 4
2014 2
2013 3
2012 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 2 sits in Lawrence County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 2.1% 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.
Lawrence County, South Dakota · Population 26,574
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,766
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 62 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 219 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 423 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 313 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 224 1 0 4464.3
2024 Q3 151 0 0 0.0
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 245 5 3 20408.2
2024 Q1 95 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 195 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 337 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 166 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 614 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 90 2 0 22222.2
2021 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 281 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 141 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 292 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 92 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 149 4 1 26845.6
2019 Q3 53 1 0 18867.9
2019 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 201 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 232 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 289 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 218 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 419 3 0 7159.9
2016 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 406 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 159 1 0 6289.3
2015 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 211 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 274 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 132 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 252 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 320 0 0 0.0

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.