Mining Incidents

Benson Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sue Benson; Stan Wagner
Swift Falls, Swift County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103237

Benson Gravel has $4K 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 2000
36
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,309
proposed penalties
$4,309
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
38
inspections on record
257
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: 257 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Benson Gravel has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-25.
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 16 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 146 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 63 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 129 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 76 1 1 13157.9
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 149 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 136 1 0 7352.9
2022 Q2 109 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 67 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 63 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 114 2 0 17543.9
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 95 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 121 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 103 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 61 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 290 1 1 3448.3
2017 Q2 131 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 131 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 251 1 0 3984.1
2016 Q2 123 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 117 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 279 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 242 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 315 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 171 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 119 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 378 2 0 5291.0
2013 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 143 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 305 9 1 29508.2
2012 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 246 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 246 5 2 20325.2
2010 Q3 4,030 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,690 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,755 1 0 363.0
2009 Q3 3,975 5 3 1257.9
2009 Q2 2,725 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,128 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,472 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,933 2 1 681.9
2008 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,030 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,465 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,127 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,127 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,637 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,896 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,832 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,142 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,449 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,605 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,356 1 0 229.6
2004 Q2 2,627 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,140 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,377 3 0 685.4
2003 Q2 2,734 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,315 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,411 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,966 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,044 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,420 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,621 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,684 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,637 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,970 2 1 673.4

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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