Mining Incidents

WAUBAY PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Mobridge, Walworth County, SD  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3900469

WAUBAY PIT has $26K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
59
citations
22
significant & substantial
$25,943
proposed penalties
$22,358
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,585 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
477
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: 477 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WAUBAY PIT has $26K 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-26.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 256 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,309 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,026 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 616 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,528 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 662 4 2 6042.3
2021 Q3 1,475 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,702 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 588 1 0 1700.7
2020 Q3 2,041 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,656 1 0 603.9
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 685 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,009 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,413 2 0 1415.4
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 941 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,991 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,298 4 0 3081.7
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 913 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,054 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,716 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 759 3 1 3952.6
2016 Q3 1,498 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,724 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 998 2 1 2004.0
2015 Q3 2,026 3 1 1480.8
2015 Q2 1,872 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 78 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 349 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,099 1 0 476.4
2014 Q2 1,701 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 711 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,910 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,625 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 381 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,908 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,984 4 2 2016.1
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 696 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,013 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,084 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 102 9 1 88235.3
2010 Q4 588 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,496 8 2 3205.1
2010 Q2 2,171 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 428 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,857 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,253 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,275 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,122 1 1 320.3
2008 Q2 1,539 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,961 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,927 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,704 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,012 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,655 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 639 1 0 1564.9
2006 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,174 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,584 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,716 3 2 1748.3
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 628 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,032 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,752 1 1 570.8
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 195 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,821 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,842 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 434 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,125 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,198 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 186 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,481 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,664 11 8 6610.6
2000 Q1 680 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.

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