Mining Incidents

Cedarapids No. 1: 43 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ervin Const. · Surface
Controlled by Brent Ervin
Maynard, Chippewa County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103232

Cedarapids No. 1 has $10K 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 2000
43
citations
9
significant & substantial
$9,873
proposed penalties
$9,873
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
38
inspections on record
348
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: 348 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2018-08-28.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Cedarapids No. 1 has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-21.
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.
21.4%
significant & substantial
9.5%
high negligence or reckless
21.4%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.8% low, 66.7% moderate, 9.5% 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: 2025-07-17
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2023-11-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-11-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Bulldozer Operator
2021-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 1.43 0.34 Bulldozer Operator
2014-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.83 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.95 0.24 Bulldozer Operator
2009-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Ervin Const. 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 1
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 3
2015 2
2014 1
2013 3
2012 1
2011 2
2010 2
2009 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 2
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cedarapids No. 1 sits in Chippewa 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.
Chippewa County, Minnesota · Population 12,388
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$69,192
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
2026 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 506 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 338 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 231 2 0 8658.0
2023 Q3 626 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 384 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 867 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 432 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,068 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 530 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 760 1 0 1315.8
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 1,012 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 458 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 1,234 4 2 3241.5
2018 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 832 3 1 3605.8
2017 Q2 832 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 469 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,091 2 1 1833.2
2016 Q1 49 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 677 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 397 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 872 3 1 3440.4
2014 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q3 597 2 0 3350.1
2013 Q2 209 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 590 1 0 1694.9
2012 Q2 498 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 499 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 140 1 0 7142.9
2010 Q3 940 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 620 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 689 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 550 5 0 9090.9
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 549 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 454 5 0 11013.2
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 69 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 944 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 859 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 534 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 889 1 0 1124.9
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 690 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 710 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 825 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 385 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 820 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 410 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 700 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 600 9 3 15000.0

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.