Mining Incidents

PLANT 200 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jason Bowes
Brookings, Brookings County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901025

PLANT 200 has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1994–2016
Latest incident
Nov 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
94
citations
27
significant & substantial
$28,147
proposed penalties
$27,797
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $350 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
618
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: 618 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 200 has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,433 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,327 4 0 3014.3
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 544 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 204 4 0 19607.8
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,158 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,135 7 0 3278.7
2023 Q2 1,523 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 895 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,130 4 0 3539.8
2022 Q2 2,020 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 202 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 201 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,283 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,556 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,698 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 985 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,070 5 0 4672.9
2019 Q4 0 1 0
2019 Q3 1,133 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,050 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 2,590 6 1 2316.6
2018 Q3 1,795 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,651 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,135 3 1 2643.2
2017 Q4 2,312 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,021 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,436 3 1 2089.1
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 548 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 663 3 1 4524.9
2016 Q2 897 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 693 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 915 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,557 5 1 3211.3
2015 Q1 486 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 395 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 664 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 842 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,931 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,148 3 3 2613.2
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 725 2 1 2758.6
2012 Q2 2,313 9 6 3891.1
2012 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,642 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,289 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,681 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 663 7 4 10558.1
2010 Q4 1,349 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,940 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 798 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 798 5 3 6265.7
2009 Q4 1,170 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,649 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,770 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,938 3 2 1548.0
2008 Q3 1,844 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,050 1 0 487.8
2008 Q1 1,140 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,120 1 1 892.9
2007 Q3 1,970 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,975 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 974 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,340 1 0 299.4
2006 Q3 1,703 1 0 587.2
2006 Q2 2,450 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,992 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,835 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,182 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,410 2 0 1418.4
2004 Q4 2,092 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,255 2 0 886.9
2004 Q2 2,475 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,684 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,175 2 1 919.5
2003 Q3 2,560 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,623 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 590 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,103 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,348 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,914 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,303 2 0 1534.9
2001 Q4 1,975 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,086 2 0 958.8
2001 Q2 2,395 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 635 2 0 3149.6
2000 Q4 1,578 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,050 4 1 987.7
2000 Q2 4,050 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,454 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2016 · 1 incident

November 29, 2016 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
BOWES CONSTRUCTION, INC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Greasing and cleaning frozen gravel between the head pulley and guard on bottom side of the conveyor with shovel. Conveyor grabbed shovel and pulled the shovel and right arm into the conveyor. There were no broken bones, treated for a burn on right arm. Was First aid treatment to bandaging on the first visit, follow-up visits to change bandages and observation.

1998 · 1 incident

March 11, 1998 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
BOWES CONSTRUCTION, INC · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING ROLLS ON CRUSHER - GOT FLASHBACK FROM WELDING ARC IN EYE.

1997 · 1 incident

November 25, 1997 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
BOWES CONSTRUCTION, INC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING & MISSED MATERIAL & PULLED SHOULDER.

1994 · 1 incident

October 15, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BOWES CONSTRUCTION, INC · Struck by falling object

SLIPPED ON CONVEYOR AND FELL AND LARGE CHUNK OF CLAY CAME DOWN ON KNEE.

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The full compliance file on PLANT 200

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.