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01971: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Mankato, Steele County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103385

01971 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2014–2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
19
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,610
proposed penalties
$3,610
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Minnesota Paving & Materials's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
33
inspections on record
326
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 326 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

01971 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $250 in penalties contested before the Commission, $150 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-07-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
15.8%
significant & substantial
5.3%
high negligence or reckless
15.8%
reasonably likely or greater
47.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.1% low, 73.7% moderate, 5.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 50%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 50%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
40%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$250 proposed, $150 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-01-23.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2009-544M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $150 → $150
LAKE 2014-196M Withdrawal Rae 2014 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2024-10-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-10-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.61 0.59 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-10-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.86 0.21 Cleanup Man
2021-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-08-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.37 10 0.04 Bobcat Operator
2014-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 1.41 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.53 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.48 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-05-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2009-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.19 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.84 0.69 Bulldozer Operator
2005-04-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.77 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.28 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Southern Minnesota Construction Company, Inc. 2003 to 2008
  2. Minnesota Paving & Materials 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 4
2024 3
2023 4
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 0
2017 6
2016 6
2015 3
2014 5
2013 6
2012 5
2011 5
2010 6
2009 2
2008 6
2007 7
2006 4
2005 5
2004 3
2003 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

01971 sits in Steele County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

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.
Steele County, Minnesota · Population 37,413
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$83,448
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q3 892 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,481 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 2,148 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,217 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,230 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 2,009 0 0 0.0
Show 81 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 2,952 1 0 338.8
2023 Q2 1,527 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 2,204 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,431 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,674 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,198 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,445 1 0 290.3
2020 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,623 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,237 1 0 308.9
2019 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,755 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,662 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,337 3 0 899.0
2017 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,397 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,267 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,278 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 457 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 3,525 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,955 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 322 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,653 1 0 605.0
2014 Q3 2,674 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,472 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 433 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,424 1 0 412.5
2013 Q3 3,633 1 1 275.3
2013 Q2 1,889 1 0 529.4
2013 Q1 856 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 653 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,228 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,218 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 814 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,249 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,787 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,589 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,122 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,923 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,385 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 709 5 1 7052.2
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,081 1 1 925.1
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 481 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,253 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 291 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 831 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 470 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,077 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,854 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 974 1 0 1026.7
2006 Q3 1,522 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,864 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 801 1 0 1248.4
2005 Q4 2,401 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,901 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,291 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 881 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,431 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 991 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 501 1 0 1996.0
2003 Q3 2,146 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2024 · 1 incident

July 31, 2024 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minnesota Paving & Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

When changing screens, employee grabbed a screen to pull it out of the bottom deck. The screen was frayed and 3 thin pieces of metal punctured through EE's gloves and into EE's fingers.

2019 · 1 incident

December 4, 2019 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Minnesota Paving & Materials · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had a recordable threshold shift results during hearing test.

2014 · 1 incident

February 20, 2014 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Minnesota Paving & Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was using an electric grinder on a wheel loader bucket. He was grinding rust away to install a new cutting edge. While grinding the grinder wheel caught a rise in the metal and the grinder kicked back into ee hand. His index finger was caught between the grinder wheel and the wheel guard causing a deep cut.