Mining Incidents

CR # 4 Metal/Non-Metal

Wm D Scepaniak Inc · Surface
Holdingford, Stearns County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103501

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2018–2022
Latest incident
May 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
37
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,514
proposed penalties
$5,514
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 1,132 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,534 2 0 361.4
2025 Q2 726 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,760 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,979 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,761 1 0 362.2
2024 Q1 1 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

3 on file

2022 · 1 incident

May 18, 2022 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wm D Scepaniak Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE had picked up on the leg of the conveyor with both hands, and removed the pin. When putting it back down, the ledge of the conveyor slipped and pinched tip of EE's middle finger on the left hand. This cut EE's finger open and caused it to bleed.

2019 · 1 incident

July 24, 2019 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wm D Scepaniak Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was taking large rocks out of the cone crusher and setting them on the ledge so they can throw them out and one of the rocks rolled off the ledge and came in contact with EE's 3rd/Ring Finger on the right hand.

2018 · 1 incident

June 13, 2018 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wm D Scepaniak Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was doing the morning inspection and while getting into the loader, the door closed before EE got hand in and the finger got caught between the door frame and the loader.