Employee's left arm was trapped or pinned & shoulder was dislocated when cutting a bracket on the grizzly feeder. The feeder came down and entrapped his arm between the feeder and the hopper.
Plaisted Sand Metal/Non-Metal
Plaisted Companies Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Todd R Plaisted
Elk River,
Sherburne County,
MN
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2100496
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2005–2008
- Latest incident
- Oct 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
99
citations
21
significant & substantial
$13,579
proposed penalties
$13,579
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 7,685 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 9,649 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 9,448 | 2 | 0 | 211.7 |
| 2025 Q1 | 6,335 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 7,383 | 1 | 0 | 135.4 |
| 2024 Q3 | 9,074 | 1 | 0 | 110.2 |
| 2024 Q2 | 8,828 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 5,455 | 1 | 0 | 183.3 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2008 · 1 incident
October 14, 2008
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Plaisted Companies Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2006 · 1 incident
Plaisted Companies Inc. · Flash burns (electric)
Employee was pressing the start button for the slurry pump when the electrical panel exploded. He received burns on the neck and throat and a burn on right arm. Investigation found no determinable cause as panel was destroyed. Possibly a short or an arc thru the air. All electrical panels were inspected by hipsage electric.
2005 · 1 incident
November 1, 2005
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Plaisted Companies Inc. · Fall from machine
Employee states extreme discomfort with his right knee. He had a hard time with a specific injury date. Employee is a material handler with a loader blender. He remembers hurting his knee when getting down from the loader.