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: 294 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
PQ 2508 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-08-11.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
10citations taken to the federal commission · 40% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 80%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 20%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
38%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-10-14.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2006-02-28, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-02-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
2.29
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-02-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1.28
0.09
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2004-12-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-12-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2010
3
2009
6
2008
5
2007
5
2006
4
2005
4
2004
6
2003
6
2002
4
2001
4
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PQ 2508 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
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
1,740
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,056
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,905
2
0
1049.9
2009 Q2
3,017
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,957
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
2,150
2
0
930.2
2008 Q3
3,945
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2
1,933
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,267
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,677
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,886
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,826
4
0
1415.4
2007 Q1
2,557
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,552
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,844
1
0
351.6
2006 Q2
2,572
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2,967
1
1
337.0
2005 Q4
2,476
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
2,491
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,569
1
0
389.3
2005 Q1
2,416
9
0
3725.2
2004 Q4
2,960
1
0
337.8
2004 Q3
2,848
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,844
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,812
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,751
1
0
266.6
2003 Q3
3,143
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,589
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,490
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,493
1
0
401.1
2002 Q3
2,598
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,583
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,832
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,589
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,030
2
0
1941.7
2001 Q2
846
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1,052
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,895
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,027
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,769
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,692
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2006 · 1 incident
April 11, 2006SD · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS