Whitehead Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Winter Contracting LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Robert L Winter; Nicholas R Winter
Brookings,
Brookings County,
SD
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3901649
Whitehead Pit has $739 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$739
proposed penalties
$739
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
7
inspections on record
45
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 45 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Whitehead Pit has $739 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$739
proposed penalties
$739
current assessed
$739
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 560 | 1 | 0 | 1785.7 |
| 2025 Q3 | 748 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,014 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,141 | 2 | 0 | 934.1 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,217 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 739 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,632 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 964 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 644 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,483 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 3,272 | 2 | 0 | 611.2 |
| 2022 Q4 | 932 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,294 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 460 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,982 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 753 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 396 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 248 | 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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