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ORAL SAND PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Pete Lien & Sons Inc/Sand & Gravel Division · Surface

Controlled by Pete Lien & Sons Inc

Rapid City, Fall River County, SD · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3900513

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2011–2014
Latest incident: Jan 2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$2,390

proposed penalties

$2,156

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	5,159	0.0
2025 Q3	0
2025 Q1	3,761	0.0
2024 Q4	3,944	0.0
2024 Q3	5,152	0.0
2024 Q1	3,161	0.0
2023 Q4	449	0.0
2023 Q3	475	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

3 on file

2014 · 1 incident

January 15, 2014 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Pete Lien & Sons Inc/Sand & Gravel Division · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was walking on an area of soft ground around the plant when he heard a pop in his right knee and fell. EE has been placed on restricted duty and fitted with a brace. Follow up with Physician is scheduled until cleared for to return without restriction.

2012 · 1 incident

March 28, 2012 SD · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY

Pete Lien & Sons Inc/Sand & Gravel Division · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was cutting plastic sheeting on a table saw and using a piece of lumber to push and guide sheeting through the saw. The board the Miner was using slipped which caused his hand to contact the moving saw blade. Miner received lacerations to his middle and index fingers.

2011 · 1 incident

June 7, 2011 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Pete Lien & Sons Inc/Sand & Gravel Division · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was descending newly installed staircase on a sand cleaning plant. As the miner stepped off of the last step, he slipped (ground is made of gravel). As the miner slipped he felt a pop in his right ankle, so he tried to catch himself with left leg. This caused an injury to his knee, and he fell to the ground. Employee will receive an MRI on his knee for an injury diagnosis.