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Dakota Granite Company operator

Controlled by Richard Dilts

MSHA operator ID: L00566

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 62
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 2000–2021

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

183

citations

significant & substantial

$51,432

proposed penalties

$44,113

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 5 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 31 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 10 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 6 non-fatal
OTHER 3 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

April 22, 2002 SD · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec Fatality · MACHINERY

Dakota Granite Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

WHEN OPERATING SLOT DRILL, IT APPEARS HE GOT BETWEEN THE DRILL STEEL AND HIGHWALL AND HIS CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE ROTATING DRILL STEEL. THE CLOTHING WAS PULLED TIGHT AROUND HIS CHEST CAUSING HIM TO BE SUFFOCATED.