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Plant 250 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jason Bowes
Brookings, Brookings County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901422

Plant 250 has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1999–2010
Latest incident
May 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
81
citations
34
significant & substantial
$36,109
proposed penalties
$30,573
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,536 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
585
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: 585 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 250 has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 1,426 1 0 701.3
2025 Q3 1,217 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 227 3 0 13215.9
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 1,087 6 2 5519.8
2016 Q1 0 1 0
2015 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,487 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,432 15 7 10474.9
2015 Q1 814 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,224 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,106 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,195 1 0 313.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 2,420 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,890 1 0 529.1
2013 Q1 865 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,041 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,700 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,186 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 894 2 0 2237.1
2011 Q4 1,269 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,756 2 0 1139.0
2011 Q2 1,533 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,199 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,774 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,397 6 5 1766.3
2010 Q1 244 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,740 10 6 5747.1
2009 Q3 2,359 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,995 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 561 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,695 5 1 2949.9
2008 Q3 3,064 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,175 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,525 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,376 4 1 1683.5
2007 Q3 2,949 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,650 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,145 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,315 1 0 231.7
2006 Q3 3,060 1 1 326.8
2006 Q2 3,825 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,600 2 1 1250.0
2005 Q4 2,221 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,668 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,192 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,820 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,935 4 2 1362.9
2004 Q3 3,644 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,075 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,291 2 0 873.0
2003 Q4 3,060 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,665 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,739 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 603 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,055 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,384 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,686 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,082 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,325 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,998 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,275 3 1 1318.7
2001 Q1 465 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,350 8 5 5925.9
2000 Q3 5,047 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,400 3 2 555.6
2000 Q1 1,452 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2010 · 2 incidents

May 27, 2010 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bowes Construction Inc · Struck by falling object

Removing guard under 60" belt. EE was laying under the guard holding it with one hand. Could not hold it and dropped the guard on thigh.

May 5, 2010 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Bowes Construction Inc · Struck against stationary object

Stepped out of the bulldozer to urinate, the sidewall caved in, burying EE waist deep in gravel, pinning left leg against the track. Hit head on the ripper arm of the dozer, split head open.

1999 · 1 incident

March 22, 1999 SD · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bowes Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CO-WORKER WAS HANDING DOWN A SCREEN TO INJURED WHEN THE SCREEN SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE FACE. THIS RESULTED IN A BRUISE TO THE CHEEK AND A CHIPPED TOOTH.

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