Data / Mines / South Dakota / West Pit
West Pit, Lake County, South Dakota: 85 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
West Pit is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Lake County, South Dakota, operated by Michael Johnson Construction LLC with 3 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3901393). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 85 citations and orders there with $27,388 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3901393
- Status
- Active since May 8, 2024
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Lake County, South Dakota
- Nearest town
- Madison
- Operator
- Michael Johnson Construction LLC
- Employees
- 3
- MSHA field office
- Fort Dodge IA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 85
- Significant and substantial
- 17 (20.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 22
- Proposed penalties
- $27,388
- Amount paid so far
- $10,095
- Inspections
- 8
- Inspector hours on site
- 104
- Citations per inspection
- 10.62 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 2, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 27 | 9 | $8,983 | 0 |
| 2024 | 26 | 6 | $6,240 | 1 |
| 2025 | 22 | 2 | $8,744 | 0 |
| 2026 | 10 | 0 | $3,421 | 0 |
Standards cited most at West Pit
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 46.9 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12013 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14103 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.9301 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
Injury and illness cases at West Pit
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at West Pit describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at West Pit
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
Other open mines in Lake County, South Dakota
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wash Plant Portable | Johnson Brothers Excavation, Inc | Lake County, SD | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 9 |
| Rutland Pit | Pickard Gravel LLC | Lake County, SD | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 8 |
| Kesteloot Excavation | Kesteloot Excavation & Dirt Work Services LLC | Lake County, SD | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 7 |
| Reinicke Pit | Reinicke Construction Inc | Lake County, SD | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 6 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.