Mining Incidents

Stone Hill Excavation: 15 MSHA citations 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.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
33.3%
significant & substantial
33.3%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
73.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.3% low, 53.3% moderate, 33.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Stone Hill Excavation, LLC 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Stone Hill Excavation sits in Minnehaha 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.
Minnehaha County, South Dakota · Population 200,689
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$76,074
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
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.