Data / Mines / South Dakota / Mitchell Quarry
Mitchell Quarry: 139 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Mitchell Quarry is an active dimension quartzite surface mine in Hanson County, South Dakota, operated by Mitchell Quarry with 10 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3901608). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 139 citations and orders there with $91,706 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3901608
- Status
- Active since October 2, 2023
- Main commodity
- Dimension quartzite
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Hanson County, South Dakota
- Nearest town
- Mitchell
- Operator
- Mitchell Quarry
- Employees
- 10
- MSHA field office
- Fort Dodge IA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 139
- Significant and substantial
- 30 (21.6%)
- Closure orders
- 8
- High negligence or reckless
- 41
- Proposed penalties
- $91,706
- Amount paid so far
- $43,539
- Inspections
- 25
- Inspector hours on site
- 224
- Citations per inspection
- 5.56 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 14, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 9 ($5,342 proposed)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12 | 2 | $14,496 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | $1,727 | 0 |
| 2024 | 22 | 3 | $16,101 | 1 |
| 2025 | 38 | 10 | $17,863 | 0 |
| 2026 | 59 | 15 | $41,519 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Mitchell Quarry
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 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 14 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 12 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.14103 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
Injury and illness cases at Mitchell Quarry
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Mitchell Quarry describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Mitchell Quarry
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Shovel | 1 |
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.