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#4093 Eljay Crusher Jefferson: 12 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
portable, Blue Earth County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2100056

#4093 Eljay Crusher Jefferson has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1985–1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
12
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,609
proposed penalties
$2,609
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Southern Minnesota Construction Company, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
148
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: 148 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#4093 Eljay Crusher Jefferson has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-08-04.
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.
41.7%
significant & substantial
8.3%
high negligence or reckless
41.7%
reasonably likely or greater
91.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 66.7% moderate, 8.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2003-11-05, 22 years ago
29%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz72 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.35 1.52 1.55 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.39 1.3 1.84 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.85 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.96 0.12 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.78 0.27 Supervisor, Co. Official
2000-08-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 2.28 0.36 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-08-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.55 0.65 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. Brielmaier Aggregates Inc 1950 to 1999
  2. Southern Minnesota Construction Company, Inc. 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 6
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 5
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

#4093 Eljay Crusher Jefferson 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
2005 Q2 4,290 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,615 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,290 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,290 2 2 466.2
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 3,250 3 1 923.1
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,950 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,290 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,290 3 0 699.3
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,970 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,290 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,521 2 0 568.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,465 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,460 2 2 366.3
2000 Q2 4,680 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1998 · 1 incident

June 15, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD BEEN HANDLING DRILL STEEL & CHANGING BITSON DRILL WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING HURT IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1996 · 1 incident

September 6, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING AIR PRESSURE TO MOVE WATER FROM 55 GALLON DRUM TO ROCK DRILL WHEN THE PRESSURE INSIDE THE DRUM BLEW OFF THE TOP OF DRUM, HITTING THE EE ON THE RT HAND.

1994 · 1 incident

July 12, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING WITH A SHOVEL WHEN HIS RT ARM HIT A CONVEYOR THE CONVEYOR STARTED TO PULL HIS ARM IN BUT HE WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OUT BEFORE HE REMOVED HIS ARM IT DID RECEIVE A BURN FROM THE CONVEYOR BELTING

1992 · 1 incident

October 19, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRIVING EUCLID TRUCK STEERING WHEEL SPUN, CATCHING HIS THUMB THUS BREAKING BONE.

1991 · 1 incident

August 6, 1991 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LIFITING ON BAR TO MOVE TAIL OF CONVEYOR OVER. HE STRAINED LYMPH NODES IN GROIN AREA.

1985 · 1 incident

June 14, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

PLANT OPERATOR LEFT CRUSHER HOUSE TO REMOVE CLAY FROM CONVEYOR OPERATOR CLEANED FIRST CONVEYOR AND MOVED ON TO SECOND CONVEYOR DRIVER SAW THAT OPERATOR WAS OUT OF FIRST CONVEYOR ASSUMED HE WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE CRUSHER HOUSE AND STARTED THE FIRST AND SECOND CONVEYORS OPERATOR WAS CUAGHT IN SECOND CONVEYOR