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Plant 280 Metal/Non-Metal

Bowes Construction Inc · Surface

Controlled by Jason Bowes

Brookings, Brookings County, SD · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3901505

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2023–2024
Latest incident: Aug 2024

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2006

100

citations

significant & substantial

$136,932

proposed penalties

$65,065

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	2,652	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1,395	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	2,199	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	0	3	3
2023 Q4	3,910	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	1,558	6	2	3851.1
2022 Q4	2,615	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	2,524	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

May 2, 2023 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Bowes Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was found to be ran over by a stacker while crushing at our East Pit. Miner was deceased when found by other miners.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2024 · 1 incident

August 19, 2024 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Bowes Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A Miner was taking down a portable plant. The leg on CR11 was being lifted with skid loader and got stuck so the miner was trying to get it free. Pinched hands between the fork and leg of CR11. Miner had proper gloves and PPE. Resulted in 2 fractured fingers on left hand and stitches on finger on right hand.