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CR #3 Metal/Non-Metal

WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Surface

Controlled by Anthony Scepaniak; Joseph Scepaniak

Holdingford, Stearns County, MN · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 2103717

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 7
Years on record: 2014–2023
Latest incident: Oct 2023

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2011

citations

significant & substantial

$6,783

proposed penalties

$6,783

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	2,612	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	1,454	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,786	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	671	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	2,205	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	4,114	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	2,981	0	0	0.0
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

7 on file

2023 · 1 incident

October 23, 2023 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE

WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was cleaning the rock piles out of the shoots. Employee was standing on the cross conveyer doing this. Another employee accidentally activated the conveyer, which caused employee to fall from the conveyer to the ground. They landed on their ankle, and this caused the ankle jam/sprain.

2021 · 1 incident

January 18, 2021 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was walking from the backhoe to the loader and slipped and fell on the ice.

2019 · 1 incident

September 19, 2019 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee unhooked the chain from the conveyor and dropped it over the end. EE was walking back down and the chain accidentally re-hooked on a beam and jerked the conveyor and that is when EE lost balance and fell to the ground on EE's back.

2018 · 1 incident

October 15, 2018 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was rolling a conveyor belt to the back of the pickup and ee was unable to stop it when it got to the back of the pickup. The belt rolled to the ground and hitting the employee causing ee to fall to the ground and the belt then roll over right leg.

2016 · 1 incident

May 25, 2016 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Struck by falling object

Replacing roller on conveyor and was tapping clip out of roller when something fell in right eye. EE had safety glasses on but they were fogged up so EE moved them down just a little to let the moisture out of the lenses.

2014 · 2 incidents

October 21, 2014 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Struck by falling object

Was removing rock from feeder and rock fell off lid and hit him on his forehead causing the laceration.

June 9, 2014 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was wearing safety glasses and was hand grinding when a foreign object got into his eye.