MINE DETAILS
GCC Dacotah Inc
MSHA MINE ID3900022
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- GCC Dacotah Inc44.08222, -103.26889Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-18. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
462,762reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 69,546 | 0.00 | 137 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 62,238 | 0.00 | 134 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 70,329 | 0.00 | 137 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 61,106 | 0.00 | 118 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 110,369 | 0.00 | 138 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 89,174 | 0.00 | 130 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18
Violations
17433 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
131 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
429,284.00173 of 174 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
395.758 inspections · 8 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 14 | 1 | 11,898.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 71.3 |
| 2025-Q2 | 69 | 11 | 103,184.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 130.0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 10 | 7 | 271,129.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 2026-Q1 | 60 | 12 | 23,828.00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 120.5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 21 | 2 | 19,245.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71.3 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
While carrying a case of water in the office, the miner tripped on a rug, hitting their head on the wall and sustaining a concussion.
MACHINERY · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Miner was loading steel on the rack when EE needed to reposition the strap to the hoist. The load shifted and pinched the left hand between the ring finger and the pinkie finger.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
The employee was walking down the stairs when, at the bottom step, EE felt EE's hip roll and felt pain. EE did not trip on anything and did not fall.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
The miner was moving a new wire reel to power the hoist. Miner was using a socket to remove a bolt when the socket slipped and hit the miner in the mouth. The bottom of the miner's two front teeth was chipped off.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
The employee was assisting in installing a new drop pipe. The pipe remained secured but shifted from its placement, and the employee on the ground had a hold of it to keep it from swinging and felt the impact of the pipe shifting and felt discomfort in EE's back.
FIRE · ACCIDENT ONLY
Accident narrative
Lost the kiln mcc and lost power to kiln draft, and the atox feed belt caught fire. Fire was controlled in about 15 minutes.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
The employee was moving thin sheets of metal (not wearing the appropriate PPE, cut-proof gloves) and cut EE's finger, resulting in five stitches.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
The employee was bent down picking up extra bolts when they felt a pop in their knee as they stood up. It was determined that the employee tore their meniscus and needed surgery.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Miner was replacing rear belt skirting. After removing the old skirting, the miner used it to trace and cut a new piece. As the affected miner was starting to cut the new piece, the knife slipped and embedded itself about an inch into their leg. The miner was taken to urgent care, where they received four stitches just above the knee.
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Miner was called in to repair the splice in a belt. After completing the repair and reassembling the equipment, the miner checked the belt's operation. While inspecting the belt, the miner accidentally stepped on some clinker on the ground, causing them to slip and hyperextend their knee.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Accident narrative
The employee chose a 4-foot pry bar instead of a 6-foot pry bar to open a valve on a silo pump. The employee strained and felt a pop in their shoulder.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Accident narrative
The employee was tightening bolts and aligning a motor on a compressor. EE felt fine during EE's shift but felt discomfort 27 hours later, after driving 5 hours on personal time. EE felt discomfort in EE's right rib area. The injury is still under investigation to determine whether it is work-related or not.
POWERED HAULAGE · FATALITY
Accident narrative
A miner received fatal injuries. After a bridge collapsed that the miner was operating a skid steer loader on. The miner was clearing refractory brick form a rotary kiln. The bridge that was installed by the property owner collapsed. The skid steer fell approximately 10 feet into a hopper, causing the payload of brick to engulf the operator causing fatal wounds.
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-18.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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GCC SAB de CVcontrolsGCC Dacotah IncoperatesGCC Dacotah Inc
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3900022—
State Of South DakotacontrolsDacotah CementoperatesGCC Dacotah Inc
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3900022Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
202 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 1,122 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD25 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
1,527 violation rows across the full record; 293 carry an S&S flag and $1,102,423 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY392 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
186 personal. 3 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE186 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
89K employee hours and 130 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
343 contested-violation rows, 351 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 54 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE748 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
Contractors
Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT43 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
148 inspection events and 9K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE28 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 18, 2026. 33 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. | |||||
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 56.14101Brakes.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.20003Housekeeping.3 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.11002Handrails and toeboards.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14105Procedures during repairs or maintenance.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12032Inspection and cover plates.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12035Weatherproof lamp sockets.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 47.41Requirement for container labels.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.11012Protection for openings around travelways.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
521231856.14101(a)(2)Citation
521231756.20003(a)Citation
521231656.11002Citation
521231556.20003(a)Citation
521211756.14105Citation
521231456.20003(a)S&S
521231356.12032Citation
521211656.12035Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgMechanic
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzBulldozer Operator
C/E: 00.04Concentration: 0000.44 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% QtzCrusher Oper/Worker
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0002.22 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
15 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors202Jan 3, 2000—Jul 20, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Dec 30, 2014—Dec 30, 2014mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal1,513Feb 7, 2000—Jun 15, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal351Sep 13, 2000—Jun 10, 2026mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal54Feb 29, 2000—Feb 25, 2026mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal343Jan 28, 2005—Aug 19, 2025mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety5,236Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety1,093Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance2Jan 1, 1950—Mar 16, 2001mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance318Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance81Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance148Feb 3, 2000—Jun 1, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety186Mar 19, 2002—Dec 19, 2024mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal1,527Feb 7, 2000—Jun 15, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.