Mining Incidents

Alajoki Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Menahga, Becker County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103426

Alajoki Pit has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
18
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,085
proposed penalties
$2,085
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
30
inspections on record
200
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: 200 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Alajoki Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 169 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 323 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 147 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 211 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 198 1 0 5050.5
2023 Q3 134 1 0 7462.7
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 186 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 103 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 138 2 0 14492.8
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 115 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 97 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 19 1 0 52631.6
2018 Q2 49 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 46 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 113 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 135 2 0 14814.8
2016 Q3 38 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 92 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 28 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 123 2 0 16260.2
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 187 4 1 21390.4
2011 Q2 123 1 0 8130.1
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 23 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 79 1 0 12658.2
2010 Q2 68 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 122 2 1 16393.4
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 132 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 158 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 93 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 215 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 19 1 0 52631.6
2004 Q3 46 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 40 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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