Mining Incidents

Blum Sand and Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dave Blum
Mora, Kanabec County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103132

Blum Sand and Gravel has $5K 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 2001
38
citations
11
significant & substantial
$4,906
proposed penalties
$4,906
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
36
inspections on record
285
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: 285 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blum Sand and Gravel has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-21.
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 792 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,981 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,848 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 2,288 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,897 2 1 1054.3
2024 Q2 1,488 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,280 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,992 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,964 3 1 1527.5
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,401 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,594 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,652 4 2 2421.3
2021 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,321 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 88 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,648 1 0 606.8
2020 Q3 2,504 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,279 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,592 3 1 1884.4
2019 Q3 2,348 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,804 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,273 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,302 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,669 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,012 1 1 497.0
2017 Q3 1,933 1 0 517.3
2017 Q2 1,536 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,272 4 1 3144.7
2016 Q3 1,536 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,048 1 0 488.3
2016 Q1 336 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,456 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,048 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,184 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 344 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,576 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,480 3 0 2027.0
2014 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 672 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,024 3 1 2929.7
2013 Q2 1,536 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 728 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,488 2 1 1344.1
2012 Q2 1,336 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,280 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 984 2 1 2032.5
2010 Q3 1,512 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 120 2 1 16666.7
2009 Q3 1,984 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,984 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,216 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,952 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,024 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 264 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,952 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,968 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 152 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,016 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,048 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,760 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,016 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,048 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 189 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,728 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,520 4 0 1587.3
2004 Q2 2,016 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 336 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,536 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,225 1 0 449.4
2003 Q1 152 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,421 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,224 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,599 1 0 625.4
2001 Q3 2,205 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,275 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,960 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 240 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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