Mining Incidents

BRACHT PIT & MILL: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bracht Bros Inc · Surface
Controlled by Mary M Bracht
Scandia, Washington County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2101234

BRACHT PIT & MILL has $1K 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
15
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,106
proposed penalties
$1,106
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
14
inspections on record
132
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: 132 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BRACHT PIT & MILL has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-28.
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.
13.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
13.3%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 53.3% low, 46.7% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2009-09-22, 16 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-09-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.46 Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Bracht Bros Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BRACHT PIT & MILL sits in Washington County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Washington County, Minnesota · Population 272,298
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$114,457
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
2011 Q3 741 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 444 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 529 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 692 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 686 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 485 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 441 0 0 0.0
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 803 5 1 6226.7
2009 Q2 245 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 726 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 744 1 0 1344.1
2008 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 533 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 665 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 790 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 788 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 259 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 437 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 623 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 811 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 696 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 586 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 752 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 649 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 279 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 625 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 760 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 623 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 708 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 381 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 741 9 1 12145.7
2001 Q3 1,350 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 444 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,093 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,323 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,219 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.