Mining Incidents

Plant 250 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jason Bowes
Brookings, Brookings County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901422

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
May 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
81
citations
34
significant & substantial
$36,109
proposed penalties
$30,573
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 1,426 1 0 701.3
2025 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 227 3 0 13215.9
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 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

2 on file

2010 · 2 incidents

May 27, 2010 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bowes Construction Inc · Struck by falling object

Removing guard under 60" belt. EE was laying under the guard holding it with one hand. Could not hold it and dropped the guard on thigh.

May 5, 2010 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Bowes Construction Inc · Struck against stationary object

Stepped out of the bulldozer to urinate, the sidewall caved in, burying EE waist deep in gravel, pinning left leg against the track. Hit head on the ripper arm of the dozer, split head open.