Mining Incidents

Screen #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Gessner Welding Inc · Surface
Controlled by Stephen J Gessner
Salem, Mccook County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901556

Screen #1 has $778 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 2017
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$778
proposed penalties
$778
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
15
inspections on record
110
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: 110 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Screen #1 has $778 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.
$778
proposed penalties
$778
current assessed
$778
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 39 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 28 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 8 1 0 125000.0
2017 Q3 22 3 0 136363.6
2017 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 27 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 10 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.

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