Mining Incidents

Bonk's Sand & Gravel Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James S Bonk
Willow River, Pine County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103554

Bonk's Sand & Gravel 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 2012
15
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,827
proposed penalties
$1,827
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
20
inspections on record
107
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: 107 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bonk's Sand & Gravel 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
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-21.
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 53 1 0 18867.9
2025 Q3 78 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 95 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 58 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 50 2 0 40000.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 40 2 0 50000.0
2022 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 100 1 0 10000.0
2021 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 100 2 0 20000.0
2019 Q3 200 1 0 5000.0
2019 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 180 2 0 11111.1
2018 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q2 555 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 310 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 360 2 0 5555.6
2014 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 150 1 1 6666.7
2013 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 60 1 0 16666.7
2012 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 91 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 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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The full compliance file on Bonk's Sand & Gravel Pit

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