Mining Incidents

SCREENER # 1: 56 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

B & B Equipment · Surface
Controlled by Ray Beck
Pierre, Hughes County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901414

SCREENER # 1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2000
56
citations
23
significant & substantial
$7,423
proposed penalties
$7,423
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
42
inspections on record
453
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: 453 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SCREENER # 1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-30.
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.
41.1%
significant & substantial
10.7%
high negligence or reckless
41.1%
reasonably likely or greater
60.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 76.8% moderate, 10.7% 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
CENT20010150M Default Barbour 2001 $500 → $500
CENT20010314M Settlement Barbour 2001 $500 → $500
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: 2019-03-27, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-03-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2012-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.99 0.34 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.
Ownership history
  1. B & B Equipment 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 1
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SCREENER # 1 sits in Hughes County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Hughes County, South Dakota · Population 17,732
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$78,981
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 273 2 1 7326.0
2026 Q1 107 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 372 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 328 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 234 3 0 12820.5
2025 Q1 152 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 147 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 287 1 0 3484.3
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 217 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 203 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 243 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 289 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 126 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 138 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 270 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 174 4 0 22988.5
2021 Q3 246 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 193 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 137 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 143 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 167 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 123 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 163 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 212 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 39 1 0 25641.0
2018 Q4 179 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 227 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 211 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 133 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 138 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 221 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 167 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 114 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 121 1 0 8264.5
2016 Q3 216 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 163 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 210 1 0 4761.9
2015 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 95 2 0 21052.6
2014 Q4 135 1 0 7407.4
2014 Q3 211 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 184 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 124 2 2 16129.0
2012 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 121 1 0 8264.5
2011 Q2 175 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 65 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 72 1 0 13888.9
2010 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 210 2 0 9523.8
2010 Q1 29 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 137 1 0 7299.3
2009 Q3 145 10 6 68965.5
2009 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 95 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 122 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 184 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 143 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 147 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 155 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 228 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 236 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 103 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 223 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 288 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 533 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 95 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 86 4 1 46511.6
2003 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 638 1 1 1567.4
2002 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 100 18 12 180000.0
2000 Q2 225 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.