Mining Incidents

Wash Plant 1: 12 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Eureka Ready Mix · Surface
Eureka, Mcpherson County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901492

Wash Plant 1 has $1K 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 2011
12
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,384
proposed penalties
$1,384
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
29
inspections on record
293
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: 293 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wash Plant 1 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-11-26.
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.
8.3%
significant & substantial
25.0%
high negligence or reckless
8.3%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 25.0% 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: 2010-09-29, 15 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
2010-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2017-05-17, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2017-05-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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. Eureka Ready Mix 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 2
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wash Plant 1 sits in McPherson County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
McPherson County, South Dakota · Population 2,278
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,024
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
2021 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 54 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 84 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 1 0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 93 1 1 10752.7
2019 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 189 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 39 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 1 0
2017 Q3 19 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 210 4 0 19047.6
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 1 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 42 1 0 23809.5
2015 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 123 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 103 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 129 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 115 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 79 3 0 37974.7
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 123 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 163 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 97 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 125 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 171 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 149 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 114 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 99 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.