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Rauville: 139 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Edward A Egan
Watertown, Codington County, SD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3901010

Rauville has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2024
Latest incident
Nov 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
139
citations
33
significant & substantial
$42,915
proposed penalties
$42,624
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $291 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Northern Con-Agg LLP's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
729
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: 729 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2011-10-26.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Rauville has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$43K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
133 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $943 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-09.
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.
24.1%
significant & substantial
7.3%
high negligence or reckless
24.8%
reasonably likely or greater
61.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.1% low, 87.6% moderate, 7.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 80%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 20%
75%
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%
12%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $888 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 2011-06-04.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2009-715M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $625 → $503
CENT 2011-828M Dismissal Manning 2012 $385 → $385
CENT20000407M Settlement Melick 2000 $224 → $55
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2026-06-09
12
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2023-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2023-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2018-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Washer Operator
2018-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2009-06-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-10-18, 9 years ago
5
samples
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 MP WASH/SCREEN
2015-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2014-04-22 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.12 SF ACTIVE MINING
2014-04-22 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.26 SF ORE TRANSFER
2014-04-22 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
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.

Rauville recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.

Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In South Dakota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.05 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Hallett Construction Company 1950 to 1986
  2. Northern Con-Agg Inc 1986 to 1989
  3. Northern Con-Agg, Inc. 1990 to 2008
  4. Northern Con-Agg LLP 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 6
2024 7
2023 8
2022 7
2021 7
2020 8
2019 8
2018 8
2017 5
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 6
2012 8
2011 7
2010 7
2009 5
2008 5
2007 5
2006 6
2005 5
2004 6
2003 5
2002 4
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rauville sits in Codington County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Codington County, South Dakota · Population 28,556
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$65,080
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 5,036 4 0 794.3
2026 Q1 1,502 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,708 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,555 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,786 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,560 4 0 2564.1
2024 Q4 3,269 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,477 5 1 912.9
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,327 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,117 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,826 15 5 2574.7
2023 Q2 6,555 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,299 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,862 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,875 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,680 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,014 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,755 8 3 2903.8
2021 Q3 5,286 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,062 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,682 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,669 6 1 1058.4
2020 Q3 6,155 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,389 5 1 927.8
2020 Q1 1,859 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,574 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,339 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,165 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,325 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,840 6 1 1239.7
2018 Q3 7,429 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,725 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,455 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,820 6 0 2127.7
2017 Q3 4,533 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,228 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 567 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,891 10 2 3459.0
2016 Q3 3,835 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,827 2 0 522.6
2016 Q1 1,038 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,667 4 1 1499.8
2015 Q3 4,166 7 3 1680.3
2015 Q2 4,033 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,291 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,816 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,418 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,906 1 1 256.0
2014 Q1 1,216 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,590 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,085 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,011 3 1 747.9
2013 Q1 956 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,837 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,342 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,904 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,405 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,812 7 4 3863.1
2011 Q3 5,412 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,726 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,180 6 2 5084.7
2010 Q4 3,296 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,299 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,556 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,923 1 0 520.0
2009 Q4 3,149 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,606 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,865 11 3 2846.1
2009 Q1 948 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,741 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,208 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,303 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,623 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,540 3 0 847.5
2007 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,586 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,767 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,033 5 1 1239.8
2006 Q1 912 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,612 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,023 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,859 4 1 1036.5
2005 Q1 954 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,653 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,262 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,438 6 0 1352.0
2004 Q1 952 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,464 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,001 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,642 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 622 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,710 2 0 738.0
2002 Q3 3,563 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,875 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,975 6 2 3038.0
2001 Q3 4,278 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,995 1 0 333.9
2001 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,758 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,214 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,990 1 0 334.4
2000 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2024 · 1 incident

November 13, 2024 SD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Northern Con-Agg LLP · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing aboard pontoon boat from dredge when left knee gave out. Heard pop noise when this happened. After several days it was knee suffered ligament damage.

2022 · 1 incident

September 30, 2022 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Con-Agg LLP · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating a small front end loader. While employee was climbing down loader steps they stepped on a rock with right foot and rolled ankle. Employee has been diagnosed with a sprained right ankle.

2021 · 1 incident

August 4, 2021 SD · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Northern Con-Agg LLP · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a front end loader. Loader traversed a bump jarring the employee and causing pain in lower back. Employee has been diagnosed with possible disc and/or muscle injury in lower back.

2015 · 2 incidents

April 23, 2015 SD · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Northern Con-Agg LLP · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a hammer and chisel to knock bearing loose of a shaft. The chisel bounced back and hit employee on right cheek, knocking off protective glasses and impacting the right eye. Damage to eye is unknown at this time.

April 23, 2015 SD · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Con-Agg LLP · Fall onto or against objects

Employee's foot slipped on catwalk at entrance to surge pile tunnel. Fell on catwalk guardrail with right shoulder. Pain in right shoulder. Employee received some physical therapy treatments but missed no work days. Injury was later determined to be torn muscle. Surgery to correct performed on 08/17/15.

2006 · 1 incident

September 1, 2006 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Northern Con-Agg, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting conveyor belting with retractable blade knife. Conditions were damp. Knife and hand slipped and knife cut right thumb. Laceration required three internal stitches and seven external stitches.

2000 · 1 incident

June 20, 2000 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Con-Agg, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HELPING REPAIR BEARING AT TAIL PULLEY OF CONVEYOR STACKER. STACKER WAS LOCED AND TAGGED OUT PRIOR TO REPAIR. WHILE LINING UP BEARING THE TAKE UP ASSEMBLY CAME LOOSE AND PINCHED EE FINGER AG AINST CONVEYOR FRAME.