Mining Incidents

CF & I PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Rapid City, Pennington County, SD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3900925

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2009–2010
Latest incident
Sep 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
23
significant & substantial
$13,184
proposed penalties
$12,385
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 2,243 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 1 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 1,275 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

4 on file

2010 · 3 incidents

September 3, 2010 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pete Lien & Sons Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was unhooking a 50-100lb light plant from a pickup truck. As ee lifted the plant from the pickup, he pulled his lower back. EE visited a chiropractor where they realigned a slipped disk.

March 10, 2010 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pete Lien & Sons Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking from the office to the plant. Ground was covered with snow and ice. Employee slipped and fell to the ground. Employee was taken to the doctor and diagnosed with a broken ankle.

February 4, 2010 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pete Lien & Sons Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee parked her truck, climbed down, walked 5 feet, slipped on the ice, and fell to the ground. This action caused a hip to fracture. Weather was light to moderate snow falling all day.

2009 · 1 incident

May 12, 2009 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pete Lien & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injury was helping splice the pit conveyor belt. The clamp on the belt slipped off and hit him in the chin