4 J's Gravel Crushing Plant 2 has $140K in proposed MSHA penalties and $136K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Aug 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
41
citations
14
significant & substantial
$139,607
proposed penalties
$3,323
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $136,284 gap.
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: 302 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
4 J's Gravel Crushing Plant 2 has $140K in proposed MSHA penalties and $136K outstanding across 1 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.
$140K
proposed penalties
$140K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$136K
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $112K in penalties contested before the Commission, $112K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-06-27.
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.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Stood as issued
2 · 100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$112K proposed, $112K 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 2012-04-12.
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.
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: 2022-06-28, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2022-06-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.85
0.33
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-06-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.52
0.27
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2023
0
2022
0
2021
2
2020
1
2019
2
2018
1
2017
2
2016
2
2015
3
2014
2
2013
2
2012
3
2011
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
4 J's Gravel Crushing Plant 2 sits in Renville 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.
Renville County, Minnesota · Population 14,587
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,086
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
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q2
0
2
1
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
310
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
200
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
260
2
0
7692.3
2019 Q4
125
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
120
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
48
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
150
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
210
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
120
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
160
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
320
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
130
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
180
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
280
2
0
7142.9
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
230
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
120
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
160
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
160
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
210
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
145
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
320
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
120
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
130
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
320
11
6
34375.0
2012 Q3
173
2
0
11560.7
2012 Q2
260
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
80
19
7
237500.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
August 9, 2011MN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE