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Amrize Elk River Plant: 97 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Elk River, Sherburne County, MN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2102974

Amrize Elk River Plant has $13K 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
16
Years on record
1988–2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
97
citations
20
significant & substantial
$13,173
proposed penalties
$13,173
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See AMRIZE MID-AMERICA INC.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
803
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: 803 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Amrize Elk River Plant has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
97 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-05-29.
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.
20.6%
significant & substantial
1.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.6%
reasonably likely or greater
53.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 39.2% low, 59.8% moderate, 1.0% 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: 2024-10-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
30
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg19
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (30)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2024-10-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 0.87 0.77 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Washer Operator
2021-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 Washer Operator
2016-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2016-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.51 0.31 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.11 0.15 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-09-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.33 0.42 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.55 0.55 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-09-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.85 0.53 Washer Operator
2004-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.77 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.72 0.71 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2003-04-16 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.

Amrize Elk River Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Minnesota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.57 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Blum Inc 1988 to 1989
  2. Northern Con-Agg Inc 1989 to 1989
  3. Northern Con-Agg Inc 1989 to 1995
  4. Shiely Company 1995 to 1997
  5. Camas Minnesota 1997 to 2002
  6. Aggregate Industries 2002 to 2003
  7. Amrize Midwest Inc. 2003 to 2026
  8. AMRIZE MID-AMERICA INC. 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 8
2024 8
2023 12
2022 10
2021 13
2020 13
2019 11
2018 8
2017 8
2016 8
2015 7
2014 8
2013 8
2012 7
2011 5
2010 5
2009 7
2008 12
2007 12
2006 11
2005 15
2004 14
2003 15
2002 14
2001 13
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Amrize Elk River Plant sits in Sherburne 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.
Sherburne County, Minnesota · Population 99,178
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$102,965
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
2026 Q2 5,855 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,900 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,557 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,914 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,813 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,795 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,831 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,140 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,016 2 1 398.7
2024 Q1 3,794 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,710 6 2 1273.9
2023 Q3 7,649 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,039 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,965 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,744 2 1 348.2
2022 Q3 8,439 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,607 1 0 131.5
2022 Q1 4,444 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,126 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8,720 3 1 344.0
2021 Q2 9,066 3 0 330.9
2021 Q1 5,549 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,155 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 10,073 1 0 99.3
2020 Q2 9,766 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,005 1 0 166.5
2019 Q4 6,223 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,490 2 0 235.6
2019 Q2 7,618 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,086 1 1 324.0
2018 Q4 4,487 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,809 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,386 2 0 371.3
2018 Q1 3,177 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,374 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,429 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,097 2 0 392.4
2017 Q1 2,741 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,424 2 1 584.1
2016 Q3 4,866 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,328 1 0 231.1
2016 Q1 2,904 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,096 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,787 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,758 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,446 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,191 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,787 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,650 1 0 215.1
2014 Q1 2,912 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,046 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,871 4 0 821.2
2013 Q2 4,691 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,524 2 1 792.4
2012 Q4 3,798 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,303 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,251 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,439 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,593 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,664 3 1 529.7
2011 Q2 4,235 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,552 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,396 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,434 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,827 6 0 3284.1
2010 Q1 909 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,021 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,113 3 0 586.7
2009 Q2 3,892 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,647 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,202 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,142 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,188 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,079 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,792 2 1 345.3
2007 Q3 8,703 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,075 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,323 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,916 3 0 507.1
2006 Q3 10,004 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,275 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,576 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,560 4 0 467.3
2005 Q3 10,318 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 11,352 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,440 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,165 2 0 279.1
2004 Q3 11,174 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 10,952 8 2 730.5
2004 Q1 6,530 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,024 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 12,142 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10,507 3 1 285.5
2003 Q1 6,006 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,993 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 10,556 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 10,785 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,092 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,392 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,381 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,836 10 4 1016.7
2001 Q1 5,139 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,308 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,389 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,569 9 1 1050.3
2000 Q1 4,962 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2026 · 1 incident

March 30, 2026 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amrize Midwest Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Improper use of PPE, using leather gloves instead of impact gloves. Body positioning, hand placement.

2023 · 1 incident

October 10, 2023 MN · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Amrize Midwest Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Loader operator was working stockpile when they noticed flames in the engine compartment of CAT 980G Wheel Loader. Operator attempted to extinguish fire. Fire Department was called and it is presumed that they had the fire out in less than 30 minutes; Plant Manager called MSHA just in case (MSHA# 0399351). No injuries. Damage was contained to only the 980G.

2002 · 1 incident

November 11, 2002 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Industries · Struck by falling object

EE WAS UNPLUGGING ROCK BIN AND ROCK FELL AND HITSHOULDER. AS A RESULT EE SHOULDER WAS BRUISED AND HE WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY BY DOCTOR.

2000 · 1 incident

September 5, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Camas Minnesota · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD SECURED A CHAIN ON TAIL PULLEY OF A CONVEYER IN ORDER TO HOIST AND MOVE IT. HE WAS HOLDING THE CHAIN TO MAINTAIN TENSION ON THE HOOK. HE THEN MOTIONED THE LOADER OPERATOR TO BEGIN HOISTING. AS THE CHAIN BEGAN TO TIGHTEN, HE NEGLECTED TO REMOVE HIS HAND FROM THE CHAIN. HIS INDEX FINGER WAS SEVERED AT 1ST DIGIT BETWEEN CHAINAND GUARD.

1994 · 1 incident

July 14, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman POWERED HAULAGE
Northern Con-Agg Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON A STACKING CONVEYOR WHEN HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED.

1993 · 2 incidents

October 6, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Con-Agg Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS FROM THE 50-V3 POWER VAN THE STEPS GAVE OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE HIT HIS BACK AND NECK STEPS ON THE POWER 50-VE

September 8, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Con-Agg Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING SET UP WING WALL ON FEEDER WHILE HE WAS PUTTING PIPE IN HIS LEFT HAND GOT PINCHED.

1992 · 4 incidents

December 8, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Northern Con-Agg Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER OFF SOMETHING THE KNIFE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIM ON THE 3RD FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND

November 2, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Con-Agg Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PULL A MOTOR TO THE BACK OF TRUCK AND IN THE PROCESS STRAINED HIS BACK.

August 10, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Con-Agg Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

85061S LOADING SCREENS ON A FLAT BED TRUCK AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN SCREENS AND A PIECE OF COPPER TUBING.

July 1, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Con-Agg Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED ON LOOSE OBJECT ON EDGE OF TRAILER

1990 · 1 incident

September 7, 1990 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Con-Agg Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINCHED FINGER OF RIGHT HAND ON CONVEYOR BELT.

1989 · 3 incidents

November 2, 1989 MN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Northern Con-Agg Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT LEFT HAND AND WRIST ON CONVEYOR BELT AND CONVEYOR ROLLER.

October 23, 1989 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Con-Agg Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED ON STEPS OF FRONT END LOADER.

October 9, 1989 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Con-Agg Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING TWO CONVEYORS. I.NAME SMASHED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE TWO CONVEYORS WHILE MOVING.

1988 · 1 incident

August 23, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Blum Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING V BELTS ON HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN STIKE AND PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.