Mining Incidents

Unit #2-Kolman-Portable: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Dawson Construction · Surface
Madison, Miner County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901590

Unit #2-Kolman-Portable has $4K 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 2015
22
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,959
proposed penalties
$3,959
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
16
inspections on record
149
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: 149 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Unit #2-Kolman-Portable has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-17.
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.
36.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
36.4%
reasonably likely or greater
63.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 95.5% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2021-05-11, 5 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Dawson Construction 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Unit #2-Kolman-Portable sits in Miner 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.
Miner County, South Dakota · Population 2,299
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$72,589
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
2026 Q2 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 10 2 0 200000.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 215 1 0 4651.2
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 302 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 107 2 0 18691.6
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 184 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 185 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 150 3 0 20000.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 160 9 7 56250.0
2019 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 150 1 0 6666.7
2018 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 200 2 1 10000.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 100 1 0 10000.0
2016 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 50 1 0 20000.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 52 0 0 0.0

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.