Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Pennington County, Minnesota

Pennington County, Minnesota has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 3 intermittent, 10 abandoned. 3 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2016. Inspectors have issued 253 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Pennington 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 Pennington County →

Mines on register
14
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
253
0 underground · 14 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 14 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 10 abandoned 3 reported accidents, 1987–2016
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.
Pennington County, Minnesota · Population 13,877
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,561
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
Minn-Dak Asphalt, Inc 3 0 0
Thygeson Construction Inc 2 0 0
Davidson Ready Mix 1 0 0
Duininck Brothers & Gilchrist 1 0 0
K & K Trucking Inc 1 0 0
M & M Aggregate 1 0 0
Olson Construction 1 0 0
Sherlock Trucking 1 0 0
Taggart Contracting Inc 1 0 0
Thorson Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Pennington County14 on register
  1. Crusher #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Minn-Dak Asphalt, Inc · MSHA ID 2103708
    Abandoned
  2. Davidson Ready Mix
    Surface metal/non-metal · Davidson Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2101642
    Intermittent
  3. Crusher #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Minn-Dak Asphalt, Inc · MSHA ID 2103758
    Abandoned
  4. Gary Harstad Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · M & M Aggregate · MSHA ID 2103552
    Abandoned
  5. Darrels Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wells Concrete · MSHA ID 2103731
    Abandoned
  6. Screening Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · K & K Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 2103573
    Abandoned
  7. Thygeson Main Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thygeson Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2103327
    Intermittent
  8. Taggart Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Taggart Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2103985
    Temporarily Idled
  9. Kleeman
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thygeson Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2104014
    Intermittent
  10. Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sherlock Trucking · MSHA ID 2103422
    Abandoned
  11. Halverson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Duininck Brothers & Gilchrist · MSHA ID 2102701
    Abandoned
  12. Moe Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thorson Inc · MSHA ID 2102628
    Abandoned
  13. Olson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Olson Construction · MSHA ID 2103505
    Abandoned
  14. Wash Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Minn-Dak Asphalt, Inc · MSHA ID 2103804
    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.