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: 94 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
44483 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-10-31.
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.
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: 2004-11-09, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-11-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2002-04-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
1.33
0.23
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
2009
0
2008
1
2007
0
2006
3
2005
2
2004
3
2003
2
2002
2
2001
2
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
44483 sits in Benton 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.
Benton County, Minnesota · Population 41,458
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,480
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
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
207
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
2007 Q2
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
134
2
0
14925.4
2006 Q3
553
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
893
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
6
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
323
5
5
15479.9
2005 Q3
318
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
317
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
9
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
281
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
46
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
416
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
58
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
200
1
0
5000.0
2003 Q3
114
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
57
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
675
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
677
1
0
1477.1
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
130
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
123
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
297
5
2
16835.0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
130
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
573
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
920
1
0
1087.0
2000 Q1
25
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
1990 · 2 incidents
May 19, 1990MN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I NAME WAS SHOVELING FROM UNDER LOWER ROCK BELT WHEN HE FELT A POP IN RT SHOULDER WITH IMMEDIATEPAIN WHICH KEPT GETTING WORSE I NAME HAD TO GO UNDERNEATH THE BELT WHICH IS AN AWKWARD POSITION TO SHOVEL
May 18, 1990MN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS