Mining Incidents

Ross J Beatty Mine: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Tinton Enterprises, LTD · Surface
Controlled by Jim Paisley
Spearfish, Lawrence County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901410

Ross J Beatty Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
10
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,316
proposed penalties
$1,316
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
127
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: 127 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ross J Beatty Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $122 in penalties contested before the Commission, $122 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-10-15.
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.
40.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
40.0%
reasonably likely or greater
80.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 2004-31-M Dismissal Manning 2004 $122 → $122
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Tinton Enterprises, LTD 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 0
2009 1
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 4
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ross J Beatty Mine 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
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 200 4 1 20000.0
2008 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 480 5 2 10416.7
2007 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,512 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,980 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,056 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 896 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,296 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,056 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,713 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 740 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 740 1 1 1351.4
2003 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 792 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,375 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,020 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,140 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,080 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,086 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,110 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,368 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,050 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,068 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.