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: 91 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Caldwell 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
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-07-18.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2010
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
2
2005
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
1
2001
1
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Caldwell Pit sits in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Cottonwood County, Minnesota · Population 11,458
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,239
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
2010 Q3
170
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
27
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
8
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
70
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
268
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
229
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
30
0
0
0.0
Show 28 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4
250
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
486
3
0
6172.8
2006 Q2
137
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
223
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
541
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
587
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
129
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
576
2
0
3472.2
2004 Q2
234
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
102
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
485
1
0
2061.9
2003 Q2
330
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
469
3
1
6396.6
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
0
2
0
2001 Q2
553
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
98
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
470
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,523
9
4
5909.4
2000 Q2
2,767
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
98
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
1990 · 1 incident
June 1, 1990MN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS