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Plant 280 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jason Bowes
Brookings, Brookings County, SD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3901505

Plant 280 has $137K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2023–2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
100
citations
20
significant & substantial
$136,932
proposed penalties
$65,065
paid to date
48% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $71,867 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
32
inspections on record
841
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: 841 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 280 has $137K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 3 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.
$137K
proposed penalties
$66K
current assessed
$65K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.
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 2,652 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,587 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,488 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,395 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,581 5 3 1937.2
2024 Q3 2,199 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,506 18 1 7182.8
2024 Q1 0 3 3
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,910 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,558 6 2 3851.1
2023 Q2 1,164 1 0 859.1
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 2,615 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,524 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,161 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 44 6 0 136363.6
2021 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,940 4 0 1360.5
2021 Q2 1,946 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 4,039 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,684 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,079 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 120 4 0 33333.3
2019 Q4 420 1 0 2381.0
2019 Q3 1,328 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,350 3 0 2222.2
2019 Q1 387 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,940 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,221 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,150 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,172 5 1 2302.0
2017 Q3 2,736 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,694 1 0 590.3
2017 Q1 334 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,233 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 906 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 898 2 0 2227.2
2015 Q4 1,888 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,224 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 884 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 394 9 1 22842.6
2014 Q3 1,476 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,398 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,094 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,109 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 581 4 2 6884.7
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 538 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,030 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,999 2 0 1000.5
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 681 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 391 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 582 9 5 15463.9
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 625 7 2 11200.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,025 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 350 1 0 2857.1
2006 Q1 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 2, 2023 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Bowes Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was found to be ran over by a stacker while crushing at our East Pit. Miner was deceased when found by other miners.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2024 · 1 incident

August 19, 2024 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bowes Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A Miner was taking down a portable plant. The leg on CR11 was being lifted with skid loader and got stuck so the miner was trying to get it free. Pinched hands between the fork and leg of CR11. Miner had proper gloves and PPE. Resulted in 2 fractured fingers on left hand and stitches on finger on right hand.

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