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: 95 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
45400 has $469 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.
$469
proposed penalties
$469
current assessed
$469
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-05-15.
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: 2002-09-26, 23 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
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Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-09-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.39
0.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2007
0
2006
3
2005
3
2004
5
2003
4
2002
3
2001
2
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
45400 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
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
94
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
765
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
524
2
1
3816.8
2006 Q1
15
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
591
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
591
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2
590
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
30
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
314
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
819
2
0
2442.0
2004 Q2
853
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
57
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
400
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
681
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
573
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
430
1
0
2325.6
2002 Q3
934
2
0
2141.3
2002 Q2
524
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
882
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,183
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
967
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
501
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,133
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,199
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
45
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2003 · 3 incidents
November 3, 2003MN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
October 13, 2003MN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Bauerly Bros Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
EE WAS CLEANING ROCKS FROM TAIL PULLEY USING HANDS INSTEAD OF A SHOVEL. THE BELT ROLLED BACK ONCE THE CLOG WAS CLEARED CAUSING EE TO PINCH HAND & ARM BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR AND THE HEAD PULLEY.
August 25, 2003MN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE