Mining Incidents

Stone Hill Excavation Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Spencer Schenk
GARRETSON, Minnehaha County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901682

Stone Hill Excavation has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
15
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,406
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,406 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
2
inspections on record
30
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: 30 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stone Hill Excavation has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-05-22.
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
2024 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 633 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,977 15 5 7587.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

June 24, 2024 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Stone Hill Excavation, LLC · Contact with heat

Heat index was above 100 degrees. Miner suffered dehydration/heat exhaustion and went to the hospital.

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