Mining Incidents

AUBURN MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Auburn Minerals Llc · Surface
Virginia, St Louis County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103073

AUBURN MINE has $736 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
10
Years on record
1994–2002
Latest incident
Aug 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
12
citations
1
significant & substantial
$736
proposed penalties
$736
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
8
inspections on record
96
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: 96 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

AUBURN MINE has $736 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.
$736
proposed penalties
$736
current assessed
$736
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-05-30.
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
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,437 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,226 4 0 946.5
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 3,123 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 11,965 7 1 585.0
2001 Q2 5,025 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 992 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 12,323 1 0 81.1
2000 Q2 9,073 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 375 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2002 · 1 incident

August 30, 2002 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Auburn Minerals Llc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS CLEANING RAILROAD TRACKS WITH 980 LOADER, BUCKET CAUGHT ON OBJECT IN TRACKS AND STOPPED. EE HIT HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL CAUSING BRUISES AND LACERATIONS.

2001 · 1 incident

August 31, 2001 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Auburn Minerals Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER FINISHING CLIPPING A CONVEYER BELT, THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACKWARDS AWAY FROM THE CONVEYER. THE EMPLOYEE TWISTED WRONG WHILE WALKING BACK TO HIS LOADER. HE DID NOT FALL OR STUBLE AND THER E WAS NO OTHER APPARENT INJURY.

2000 · 1 incident

June 20, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Auburn Minerals Llc · Struck against a moving object

ALLEGES DRIVING TRUCK OVER ROUGH TERRAIN, CAUSING SHOULDER STRAIN.

1999 · 1 incident

October 8, 1999 MN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Auburn Minerals Llc · Fall onto or against objects

EE CAME IN FOR SHIFT CHANGE INTO SHACK, WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE MUCK FALLING FORWARD INTO THE OPEN DOOR JAMMING HIS RT THUMB.

1997 · 1 incident

October 3, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Auburn Minerals Llc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING TRUCK DOWN TO ORE PIT WHEN VEHICLE BOUNCED SHARPLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP CAUSING HIS SHOULDER TO BUMP AGAINST DOOR.

1996 · 1 incident

August 8, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Auburn Minerals Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A SHAFT FOR A TAIL PULLEY FROM A CONVEYOR INTO A CRATE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

1995 · 2 incidents

September 8, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Auburn Minerals Llc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS LEAVING SHOVEL AFTER LOADING TRUCK. THE ROAD OUT OF PIT IS STEEP. INJURED DOWNSHIFTED AND TRUCK LURCHED. THIS CAUSED LARGE CHUNK OF MATERIAL TO SHIFT BACKWARDS, WHICH CAUSED MORE L URCHING. TRUCK THEN STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS TOWARDS WATER IN THE BOTTOM OF PIT. INJURED THOUGHT TRUCK WOULD GO INTO WATER. HE STEERED TRUCK INTO BERM. TRUCK ROLLED ONTO SIDE CAUSING INJURIE

August 10, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Auburn Minerals Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKIGN AROUND SCREENING PLANT WHEN HE TRIPPED AND SLIPPED UNDER GUARDING AT GROUND LEVEL WHEREBY BECOMING ENTANGLED WITH CONVEYOR.

1994 · 2 incidents

August 23, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Auburn Minerals Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF ORE OR ROCK BECAME DISLODGEDD FROM THE LOADER BUCKET NEARBY AND STRUCK HIS HEAD CAUSING A CUT.

August 10, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Auburn Minerals Llc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 35 TON HAUL TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CUT A HAUL ROAD SHORT WHEN THE TRUCK BECAME UNSTABLE CAUSING THE FRONT WHEELS TO COME OFF THE GROUND AND HE TRIED TO GRAB SOM ETHING IN THE CAB TO BRACE HIMSELF.

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