Mining Incidents

86-222 Portable Mill: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Denmark, Washington County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2102704

86-222 Portable Mill has $120 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
3
Years on record
1992–1994
Latest incident
Jul 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$120
proposed penalties
$120
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
88
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: 88 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

86-222 Portable Mill has $120 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.
$120
proposed penalties
$120
current assessed
$120
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-20.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2004-09-21, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.13 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.6 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.59 0.80 Screen/Scalper 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.
Ownership history
  1. Commercial Asphalt Company 1979 to 1983
  2. Barton Sand & Gravel 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 0
2004 4
2003 5
2002 4
2001 5
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

86-222 Portable Mill sits in Washington 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.
Washington County, Minnesota · Population 272,298
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$114,457
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 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,106 2 0 643.9
2004 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,564 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3 2,657 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,237 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,227 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,415 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,732 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,602 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,028 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,534 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,126 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,817 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,865 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1994 · 1 incident

July 25, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Barton Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS THIGH.

1993 · 1 incident

May 4, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Barton Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MAINTANCE WORK ON CRUSHER UNIT #86-239 WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, CAUGHT HIS LEFT ARM ON A PIECE OF IRON.

1992 · 1 incident

April 21, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Barton Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUTTING AIR IN AIR RIDE TIRE ON THE SCREW BASKET WHEN HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT IN THE DRIVE BELTS AND RUN THE OVER HEAD CONVEYOR.