Mining Incidents

Portable LJ 54 Cone Metal/Non-Metal

Alexandria, Douglas County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2102374

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2022
Latest incident
May 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
33
citations
2
significant & substantial
$4,087
proposed penalties
$4,087
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 1,047 1 0 955.1
2025 Q2 1,978 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 238 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,526 1 0 655.3
2024 Q2 1,653 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2022 · 1 incident

May 11, 2022 MN · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Specialties Inc · Fall from machine

The operator was exiting the skid loader, EE's foot caught the chain hook on the top of the skid loader bucket causing EE to fall.

2018 · 2 incidents

October 17, 2018 MN · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Specialties Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee jammed their left pinky finger between the door and door handle when locking up the job trailer.

May 10, 2018 MN · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Specialties Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was moving a 55 gallon drum next to another drum and pinched 2 fingers (left hand) between the barrels. Employee sought medical treatment at a local hospital. Both fingers were x-rayed, neither is broken. Left pinky finger was lacerated: 2 stitches.

2017 · 1 incident

July 26, 2017 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Specialties Inc · Fall from machine

Employee climbed up on the conveyor belt during setup to get to an electrical box. It had rained the night before so employee's boots were wet from the puddles on the ground. Employee's foot slipped causing employee to fall off the ledge they were standing on.

2016 · 1 incident

July 22, 2016 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Central Specialties Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee caught arm on door latch of loader causing a laceration.

2009 · 1 incident

September 3, 2009 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Specialties Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee stepped off ladder, lost his balance and stumbled to ground landing on hands and knees.

2008 · 1 incident

July 16, 2008 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Specialties Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dismounting from dozer when he stepped into divit on ground and twisted his left ankle.

2004 · 1 incident

July 22, 2004 MN · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Specialties Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing off of a dozer when he twisted his knee.

2003 · 1 incident

July 2, 2003 MN · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
Central Specialties Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS WORKING AROUND THE CRUSHER GIRZZLY WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF THE GRIZZLY AND ON THE EE'S HEAD AND SHOULDER. EE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE NECK PAIN AND ARM NUMBNESS, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY WORSENED. TH E EE SOUGHT MEDCAL ATTENTION ON OCT 31ST AT WHICH TIME, THE INJURY BECAME A REPORTABLE LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

2000 · 1 incident

October 16, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Specialties Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS OPERATING LOADER AT PIT SITE, WAS CLIMBING DOWN TO GROUND, STEPPED WRONG AND HURT FOOT. TORN LIGAMENTS ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT. EE RETURNED TO WORK FOR 3 HOURS ON 10-16 AFTER INJURY. HE DID NO T WORK FORM 10/17-10/20. HE IS BACK TO WORK FULL CAPACITY ON 10/23/00.