Mining Incidents

4 J's Gravel Crushing Plant 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kevin R Paul
Fairfax, Renville County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103739

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.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
21
inspections on record
302
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: 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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-06-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
Show 35 earlier quarters
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, 2011 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
4 J's Gravel Crushing · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

A miner' s arm was caught in the components of a conveyor head pulley and conveyor scraper blade assembly, resulting in fatal injury.

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