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Simon Contractors: 14 open mines, 149 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Simon Contractors (MSHA operator ID L14011) operates 14 open mines with 53 employees in South Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska and other states, mostly construction sand and gravel. Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued it 149 citations and orders with $30,183 in proposed penalties, and it reported 8 injury or illness cases. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.
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- MSHA operator ID
- L14011
- Open mines
- 14
- Employees at open mines
- 53
- States
- South Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 149
- Significant and substantial
- 13 (8.7%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 9
- Proposed penalties
- $30,183
- Amount paid so far
- $30,032
- Inspections
- 109
- Inspector hours on site
- 624
- Citations per inspection
- 1.37 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 8
- Injury and illness cases
- 8
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 20, 2026
Open mines of Simon Contractors
Ranked by citations since January 1, 2022.
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crusher #1 | Simon Contractors | Laramie County, WY | Crushed, broken stone | 7 | 30 |
| Rapid City Quarry | Simon Contractors | Pennington County, SD | Crushed, broken limestone | 14 | 29 |
| Superior Crusher #2 | Simon Contractors | Pennington County, SD | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 23 |
| Portable #1 Fort Collins | Simon Contractors | Larimer County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 14 |
| Scottsbluff Portable Barge | Simon Contractors | Scotts Bluff County, NE | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 12 |
| Centennial Quarry | Simon Contractors | Lawrence County, SD | Crushed, broken limestone | 6 | 11 |
| Sterling Screening Plant | Simon Contractors | Logan County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 4 |
| Ogallala Portable Barge | Simon Contractors | Keith County, NE | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 4 |
| Nebraska Portable Barge | Simon Contractors | Deuel County, NE | Dimension stone | 2 | 3 |
| Colorado Portable Barge | Simon Contractors | Logan County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 2 |
| T.a. Ranch Pit | Simon Contractors | Johnson County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 1 |
| Hot Springs Quarry | Simon Contractors | Pennington County, SD | Crushed, broken limestone | 2 | 1 |
| Stripping & Blasting | Simon Contractors | Meade County, SD | Sand, common | 0 | 1 |
| Portable Wash Plant | Simon Contractors | Fall River County, SD | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 0 |
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 | 17 | 2 | $3,752 | 2 |
| 2023 | 42 | 2 | $8,145 | 1 |
| 2024 | 25 | 3 | $4,702 | 2 |
| 2025 | 33 | 1 | $6,345 | 1 |
| 2026 | 32 | 5 | $7,239 | 2 |
Standards cited most at Simon Contractors
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 | 22 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.14110 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.14205 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
Injury and illness cases at Simon Contractors
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 8 |
What the accident reports at Simon Contractors describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Machinery | 3 |
| Handling of materials | 3 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Simon Contractors
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (powered) | 2 |
| Tugger | 1 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
Commodities
| Main commodity | Open mines |
|---|---|
| Construction sand and gravel | 8 |
| Crushed, broken limestone | 3 |
| Dimension stone | 1 |
| Sand, common | 1 |
| Crushed, broken stone | 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.