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#3060 Hewitt Robins Crusher (Kasota): 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Mankato, Blue Earth County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103060

#3060 Hewitt Robins Crusher (Kasota) has $3K 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
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
May 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,105
proposed penalties
$2,817
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $288 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Southern Minnesota Construction's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
21
inspections on record
331
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: 331 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#3060 Hewitt Robins Crusher (Kasota) has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $424 in penalties contested before the Commission, $60 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-07-20.
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.
24.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
24.1%
reasonably likely or greater
65.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% 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 · 6% 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%
86%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$424 proposed, $60 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 2009-08-13.
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 2008-151M Settlement Barbour 2008 $324 → $60
LAKE 2009-635M Vacate Rae 2011 $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: 2009-05-27, 17 years ago
10%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz101 over
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 0.53 1.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.62 0.61 Cleanup Man
2009-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.68 0.46 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.87 0.34 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 1.51 0.35 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.97 0.38 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.65 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.73 0.76 0.96 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-08-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.97 0.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-08-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.87 0.48 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. 1992 to 2008
  2. Southern Minnesota Construction 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 1
2011 5
2010 5
2009 4
2008 5
2007 6
2006 5
2005 7
2004 6
2003 6
2002 5
2001 6
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

#3060 Hewitt Robins Crusher (Kasota) sits in Blue Earth 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.
Blue Earth County, Minnesota · Population 69,386
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$72,623
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
2012 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,176 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,575 2 0 559.4
2011 Q2 2,556 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 211 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,020 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,182 0 0 0.0
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 3,665 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 717 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,175 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,087 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,990 2 2 668.9
2009 Q1 421 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,848 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,851 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,090 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 258 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,720 3 0 806.5
2007 Q3 4,712 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,636 2 1 431.4
2007 Q1 972 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,069 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,473 2 0 575.9
2006 Q2 5,573 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,395 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,005 2 0 399.6
2005 Q1 1,100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,080 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,395 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,005 4 1 799.2
2004 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,900 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,005 1 0 199.8
2003 Q2 3,250 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,700 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,290 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,290 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,970 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,615 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,367 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 529 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,465 3 1 865.8
2000 Q3 5,460 2 0 366.3
2000 Q2 7,800 3 2 384.6
2000 Q1 1,600 4 0 2500.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

May 15, 2007 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Minnesota Construction Company, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Driver climbed onto rear end of belly dump trailer, while walking on platform on left hand side of trailer, he tripped over the crossover bar and fell face first into an opening on the trailer frame. (This opening is manufacturer made to allow access to mechanical parts.) Driver suffered multiple contusions to back, chest and neck.