Mining Incidents

Screener: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Shefner Partnership · Surface
Controlled by Dina R Shefner
Plankinton, Aurora County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901530

Screener has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2008
10
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,024
proposed penalties
$1,024
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
13
inspections on record
113
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: 113 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 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-08-01.
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.
30.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
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.
Ownership history
  1. Shefner Partnership 2008 to 2011
  2. Shefner Partnership 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 0
2013 1
2012 2
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Screener sits in Aurora County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Aurora County, South Dakota · Population 2,573
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$74,130
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
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 285 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 586 1 0 1706.5
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 237 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 289 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 694 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 752 1 0 1329.8
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 648 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 226 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 303 4 1 13201.3
2009 Q3 509 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 162 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,511 4 2 2647.3

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.