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Sand Plant Crusher: 35 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Morris Inc · Surface
Pierre, Stanley County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901469

Sand Plant Crusher has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
35
citations
6
significant & substantial
$9,705
proposed penalties
$6,005
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,700 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Morris Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
33
inspections on record
396
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: 396 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sand Plant Crusher has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-05-31.
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.
17.6%
significant & substantial
11.8%
high negligence or reckless
20.6%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.6% low, 67.6% moderate, 11.8% 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.
20 citations taken to the federal commission · 57% of citations on record
  • Settled 16 · 80%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 10%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 10%
60%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $4K 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 2014-10-23.
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 2010-1065M Settlement Miller 2011 $4K → $1K
CENT 2010-671M Settlement Tureck 2011 $2K → $2K
CENT 2009-231M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $393 → $231
CENT 2010-672M Settlement Miller 2011 $376 → $200
CENT 2007-113M Settlement Manning 2007 $304 → $304
CENT 2015-0053 Settlement Miller 2015 $300 → $200
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: 2012-09-13, 13 years ago
10%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz101 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2008-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 0.88 1.06 Laborer, Bullgang
2012-09-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.85 0.14 Backhoe Operator
2012-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2012-09-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 1.31 0.53 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.98 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-04-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.72 0.38 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.28 0.13 Bobcat Operator
2008-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.81 0.36 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.7 0.43 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.92 1.39 0.66 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.29 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Morris Inc 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 2
2017 4
2016 5
2015 3
2014 2
2013 6
2012 7
2011 3
2010 6
2009 10
2008 5
2007 6
2006 7
2005 3
2004 6
2003 8
2002 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sand Plant Crusher sits in Stanley 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.
Stanley County, South Dakota · Population 3,012
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$77,000
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
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 654 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 375 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,556 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,648 0 0 0.0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 1,257 2 0 1591.1
2017 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 994 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,531 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,908 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,086 2 0 1841.6
2015 Q4 1,297 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,304 1 0 766.9
2015 Q2 1,716 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,246 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,127 4 0 3549.2
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 3,170 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,886 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,882 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,812 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,236 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,955 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,505 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,244 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,491 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,187 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,464 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,640 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,760 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,665 4 0 857.4
2010 Q1 4,689 4 2 853.1
2009 Q4 3,877 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,473 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,903 3 0 768.6
2009 Q1 3,357 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,274 2 1 879.5
2008 Q3 2,766 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,749 2 0 1143.5
2008 Q1 1,439 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,034 1 0 491.6
2007 Q3 2,136 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,168 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,081 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,218 8 2 3606.9
2006 Q3 2,395 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,071 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,760 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,391 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,121 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 2,956 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,995 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 684 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,846 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,816 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,715 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,286 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,507 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,946 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

May 28, 2008 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morris Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was climbing down the ladder, carrying a 4' metal bar. While trying to rechain, he lost his footing and fell. HIs leg got stuck in the 3rd rung of the ladder, as well did the bar. He hit the bar, which caused a small laceration near the groin area. He also suffered a hairline fracture in his right fibula. Will require special boot 4-6 weeks. No serious/perm injuries.