Mining Incidents

WASTA SAND PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Pete Lien & Sons Inc
Wasta, Pennington County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3900213

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
34
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,480
proposed penalties
$4,480
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q1 633 2 1 3159.6
2023 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 209 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 523 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 606 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 819 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,272 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

August 2, 2006 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Pete Lien & Sons Inc/Sand & Gravel Division · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Tendinitis in left wrist due to repetitive motion--operating a wheel loader.