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State Shale Pit #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Rapid City, Pennington County, SD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3901500

State Shale Pit #2 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Jan 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
40
citations
7
significant & substantial
$12,591
proposed penalties
$12,091
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
53
inspections on record
504
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: 504 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

State Shale Pit #2 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-23.
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
2025 Q4 1,484 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,516 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,213 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,313 3 0 2284.8
2024 Q4 1,331 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,354 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,337 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,083 3 0 2770.1
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,242 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,250 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,558 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,834 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,211 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,331 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,177 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,022 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,205 1 0 829.9
2021 Q3 1,149 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 949 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 877 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 718 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 924 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 933 1 0 1071.8
2020 Q1 1,257 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,313 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,462 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,714 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,308 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 935 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,665 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,406 7 1 4978.7
2018 Q1 1,019 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 731 1 0 1368.0
2017 Q3 790 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 731 2 0 2736.0
2017 Q1 964 1 0 1037.3
2016 Q4 781 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 985 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,169 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,027 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 862 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,025 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 747 4 2 5354.8
2014 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 778 1 0 1285.3
2014 Q2 593 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 662 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 555 1 0 1801.8
2013 Q2 658 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 563 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 592 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 639 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 682 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 540 1 0 1851.9
2011 Q4 679 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 641 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 699 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 620 5 4 8064.5
2010 Q4 935 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,499 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 865 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 790 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,184 2 0 1689.2
2009 Q3 739 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 628 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 893 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,414 1 0 707.2
2008 Q3 831 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,109 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,397 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,088 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,176 1 0 850.3
2007 Q2 1,045 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,000 3 0 3000.0
2006 Q4 1,144 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,185 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,118 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,430 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,161 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,283 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,571 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 692 2 0 2890.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

January 30, 2007 SD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bulk Transport Company West, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

He was removing a skid plate under oil pan on crawler when skid plate dropped and pinched his thumb between skid plate and valve.

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