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Southern Hills Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Custer, Custer County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901351

Southern Hills Pit has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $63 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2020
Latest incident
Jul 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
110
citations
32
significant & substantial
$40,717
proposed penalties
$36,577
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,140 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
509
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: 509 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Southern Hills Pit has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $63 outstanding across 8 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$63
outstanding
108 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 168 2 0 11904.8
2022 Q3 78 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 432 2 0 4629.6
2022 Q1 38 1 0 26315.8
2021 Q4 312 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 312 0 0 0.0
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1 0 1 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 41 3 1 73170.7
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 122 3 0 24590.2
2019 Q2 252 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q3 360 15 2 41666.7
2018 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 94 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 162 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 712 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 504 6 3 11904.8
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 144 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 182 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 126 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 12 4 0 333333.3
2012 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 122 14 5 114754.1
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 290 1 0 3448.3
2010 Q3 390 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 120 9 2 75000.0
2009 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 64 9 3 140625.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 2 1
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 447 6 0 13422.8
2006 Q2 523 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 695 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,191 6 2 5037.8
2005 Q2 511 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 638 4 3 6269.6
2004 Q3 703 6 1 8534.9
2004 Q2 661 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 292 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 670 6 4 8955.2
2003 Q2 247 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 163 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 651 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 398 1 0 2512.6
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 622 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 428 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,026 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 859 9 5 10477.3
2000 Q1 77 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2020 · 1 incident

July 16, 2020 SD · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Southern Hills Rock & Gravel · Accident type, without injuries

Gravel quarry crusher cought fire due to hydraulic line breaking. Soaked running cat motor and ignited. Two workers saw this happen, one ran for extinguishers and other notified supervision which in turn called 911 and had local department on sight within 15 minutes. Crusher and one conveyor could not be saved. No personnel were injured.

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