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: 427 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2010-07-14.
On record since 2010.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
945 Crusher has $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K 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.
$62K
proposed penalties
$62K
current assessed
$51K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
108 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $23K in penalties contested before the Commission, $23K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-13.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Stood as issued
1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$23K proposed, $23K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-04-26.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2016-06-06, 10 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2016-06-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.56
0.38
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
0.62
0.87
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-10-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.56
0.48
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.96
0.19
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
2024
2
2023
1
2021
3
2020
3
2019
1
2018
1
2017
4
2016
4
2015
3
2014
2
2013
3
2012
2
2011
4
2010
2
2009
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
2
2005
3
2004
3
2003
5
2002
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
945 Crusher sits in Stearns County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Stearns County, Minnesota · Population 159,358
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,447
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
2024 Q4
126
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
268
4
1
14925.4
2024 Q2
374
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q2
604
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2021 Q3
371
5
2
13477.1
2021 Q2
473
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
168
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
265
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
348
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
399
3
1
7518.8
2020 Q1
149
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
0
0
0
2019 Q3
446
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
842
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
487
1
0
2053.4
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q3
1,320
3
1
2272.7
2017 Q2
2,023
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1,994
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1,036
2
2
1930.5
2016 Q2
1,303
5
1
3837.3
2016 Q1
814
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,701
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
794
3
1
3778.3
2015 Q2
1,963
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
622
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
876
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,641
3
0
1828.2
2014 Q2
2,062
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
484
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,507
12
9
7962.8
2013 Q2
1,399
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
441
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,560
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
358
7
3
19553.1
2011 Q4
1,446
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,982
3
0
1006.0
2011 Q2
2,600
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
500
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,294
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,014
15
9
7447.9
2010 Q2
1,363
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
709
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,308
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,335
12
2
8988.8
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
973
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
707
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
667
2
0
2998.5
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
659
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
453
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
787
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q3
640
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
395
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
60
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,100
6
1
5454.5
2005 Q3
1,300
2
0
1538.5
2005 Q2
560
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
795
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
420
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,404
6
0
4273.5
2004 Q1
240
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,170
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,397
5
0
2085.9
2003 Q1
320
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,885
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,932
2
0
1035.2
2002 Q2
1,665
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2017 · 1 incident
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