Mining Incidents

West Sioux Metal/Non-Metal

L.G. Everist, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by L G Everist Inc
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901207

West Sioux has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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
49
citations
15
significant & substantial
$15,850
proposed penalties
$10,431
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,419 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
397
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: 397 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

West Sioux has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-05-17.
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 488 0 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 412 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 432 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 711 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,138 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,354 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,995 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,900 1 0 344.8
2022 Q1 1,654 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,744 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,417 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,598 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,072 4 0 3731.3
2020 Q3 3,070 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,101 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 642 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,145 4 1 965.0
2019 Q2 2,005 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 3,488 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,863 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 986 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 1 0
2017 Q4 1,616 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 1 0
2017 Q2 461 1 0 2169.2
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 927 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 914 8 0 8752.7
2016 Q2 752 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,636 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,425 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 474 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,677 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 863 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 477 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 390 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,760 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 2,100 1 0 476.2
2012 Q3 2,994 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 829 2 0 2412.5
2011 Q3 3,620 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 952 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,273 1 0 785.5
2010 Q3 699 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,434 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 549 8 4 14571.9
2009 Q3 1,230 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 372 9 6 24193.5
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 253 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,549 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,816 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,821 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,510 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 3,579 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,235 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,071 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 2,409 1 0 415.1
2005 Q3 3,997 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,859 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 933 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,646 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,052 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,513 1 0 397.9
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,550 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,732 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,150 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,091 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,321 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,806 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,531 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,030 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 967 3 3 3102.4
2001 Q2 577 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 141 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,645 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 942 3 1 3184.7
2000 Q1 953 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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