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Mines in Meeker County, Minnesota

Meeker County, Minnesota has 16 mines on MSHA's register: 7 intermittent, 9 abandoned. 6 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2003. Inspectors have issued 135 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Meeker County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Meeker County →

Mines on register
16
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
135
0 underground · 16 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 16 metal and non-metal 7 intermittent 9 abandoned 6 reported accidents, 1987–2003
Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Meeker County, Minnesota · Population 23,422
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$75,037
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
McCarthy Gravel Inc. 3 0 0
Fairway Construction Inc 2 0 0
Meeker Washed Sand & Gravel, Inc. 2 0 0
Peterson Sand & Gravel 2 0 0
4 J's Gravel Crushing 1 0 0
Engel'S Truck Service Inc 1 0 0
Lindberg Excavating Inc. 1 0 0
Lloyd Mortenson Contractor 1 0 0
Paynesville Excavating and Gravel LLC 1 0 0
West Central Ready Mix Sand & Gravel LLC 1 0 0
Mines in Meeker County16 on register
  1. Meeker Washed Sand & Gravel, Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Meeker Washed Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2100566
    Intermittent
  2. Smith Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fairway Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2102525
    Abandoned
  3. C. R. 443 Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Carthy Gravel Inc. · MSHA ID 2103084
    Intermittent
  4. CR 544 Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · McCarthy Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2103158
    Intermittent
  5. Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lloyd Mortenson Contractor · MSHA ID 2103269
    Abandoned
  6. Whitcomb
    Surface metal/non-metal · Whitcomb Gravel · MSHA ID 2103425
    Abandoned
  7. 4 J's Gravel Crushing
    Surface metal/non-metal · 4 J's Gravel Crushing · MSHA ID 2103484
    Abandoned
  8. Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Meeker Washed Sand & Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103581
    Intermittent
  9. Lindberg Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lindberg Excavating Inc. · MSHA ID 2103941
    Intermittent
  10. West Central Ready Mix Sand & Gravel LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · West Central Ready Mix Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 2104078
    Intermittent
  11. Mobile MVP Cone Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paynesville Excavating and Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 2104081
    Intermittent
  12. Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · McCarthy Gravel Inc. · MSHA ID 2103860
    Abandoned
  13. Haapala Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Engel'S Truck Service Inc · MSHA ID 2102472
    Abandoned
  14. PORTABLE CRUSHER
    Surface metal/non-metal · Peterson Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2103159
    Abandoned
  15. Smith Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fairway Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2100938
    Abandoned
  16. Universal Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Peterson Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2102970
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.