Mining Incidents

Canyon Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

SRM Materials, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Michael Hollingshead
Canyon, St Louis County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103070

Canyon Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
138
citations
30
significant & substantial
$24,249
proposed penalties
$21,689
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,560 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
472
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: 472 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Canyon Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
138 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-16.
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 3,800 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,048 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,444 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 492 1 0 2032.5
2024 Q4 334 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,182 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,896 3 0 1035.9
2024 Q1 794 1 0 1259.4
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,179 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,441 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,375 4 2 2909.1
2023 Q1 848 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,155 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,482 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,464 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 509 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 639 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 762 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 701 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 674 6 4 8902.1
2020 Q4 537 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 679 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 790 2 0 2531.6
2020 Q1 537 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 550 2 0 3636.4
2019 Q3 844 8 1 9478.7
2019 Q2 674 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 515 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 676 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 882 1 0 1133.8
2018 Q2 701 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 521 1 0 1919.4
2017 Q4 672 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 889 2 0 2249.7
2017 Q2 644 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 528 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,127 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,512 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,384 5 0 3612.7
2016 Q1 824 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,283 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,578 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,370 2 0 1459.9
2015 Q1 631 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,270 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,366 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,101 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 623 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,446 2 1 1383.1
2013 Q2 1,262 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,331 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,429 4 1 2799.2
2012 Q2 1,384 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,092 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,596 2 1 1253.1
2011 Q2 1,296 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 644 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,531 10 4 6531.7
2010 Q2 1,086 7 2 6445.7
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,077 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,442 4 3 2773.9
2009 Q2 1,143 3 0 2624.7
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,212 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,557 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,139 1 0 878.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,325 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,188 6 0 5050.5
2007 Q2 1,120 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,054 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,154 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,383 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,078 24 3 22263.5
2006 Q1 483 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,058 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,288 1 0 776.4
2005 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,162 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 654 6 0 9174.3
2004 Q2 1,118 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 573 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 592 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,067 6 1 2902.8
2003 Q2 265 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 490 9 2 18367.3
2002 Q2 357 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 229 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 492 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 192 1 0 5208.3
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 280 5 0 17857.1
2000 Q3 487 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 314 9 5 28662.4
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2026 · 1 incident

January 30, 2026 MN · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager POWERED HAULAGE
SRM Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

while changing the injectors on truck an employee accidently turned the key and the tip of and right middle finger was cut.

2019 · 1 incident

October 2, 2019 MN · Metal/Non-Metal IMPOUNDMENT
Duluth Ready Mix Inc · Accident type, without injuries

On Oct 2, 2019 we had a washout of a dike holding back our silt due to rain on Oct 1, 2019 and on Oct 2, 2019 with all the rain we had the 2 days on. Prior we had to shut down the wash plant at 15:00 on Oct 2, 2019. Sometime that evening/night the water level rose too high and started to run over bank, the rain continued and eventually washed out dike.

2008 · 1 incident

December 6, 2008 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Duluth Ready Mix Inc · Fall from machine

Climbing up ladder on front end loader, lost grip & fell backwards. Lower back injury.

2000 · 1 incident

September 26, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Duluth Ready Mix Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE SLIPPED/FELL WHILE GREASING A LOADER

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.