Mining Incidents

Chandler Wash Plant: 64 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Schuur Concrete LLC · Surface
Pipestone, Pipestone County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103036

Chandler Wash Plant has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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
64
citations
10
significant & substantial
$13,416
proposed penalties
$10,339
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,077 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
425
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: 425 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chandler Wash Plant has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-24.
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.
15.6%
significant & substantial
14.1%
high negligence or reckless
15.6%
reasonably likely or greater
43.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.4% low, 76.6% moderate, 14.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 57%
  • Stood as issued 3 · 43%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
42%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $3K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2019-01-13.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2019-0102 Settlement Bulluck 2019 $2K → $2K
LAKE 2019-0138 Settlement Bulluck 2019 $2K → $191
LAKE20030012M Settlement Barbour 2002 $1K → $448
LAKE20020006M Settlement Barbour 2001 $1K → $660
LAKE 2019-0103 Settlement Bulluck 2019 $309 → $236
LAKE 2011-174M Default Zielinski 2012 $308 → $308
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2020-06-18, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2012-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.07 0.12 Cleanup Man
2002-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-08-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Utility Man
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. Schuur Concrete 1991 to 2019
  2. Schuur Concrete LLC 2019 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 2
2020 2
2019 3
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Chandler Wash Plant sits in Pipestone 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.
Pipestone County, Minnesota · Population 9,352
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,073
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 140 4 1 28571.4
2026 Q1 0 1 0
2025 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 344 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 166 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 256 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 180 2 0 11111.1
2023 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 207 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 77 3 0 38961.0
2022 Q2 235 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 107 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 296 1 0 3378.4
2021 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 354 3 0 8474.6
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 145 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 675 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 200 3 1 15000.0
2018 Q4 148 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 318 8 1 25157.2
2018 Q2 267 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 287 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 301 4 0 13289.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 666 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 309 2 0 6472.5
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 137 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 353 2 0 5665.7
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 242 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 155 1 0 6451.6
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 202 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 186 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 182 2 1 10989.0
2012 Q3 184 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 118 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 178 1 0 5618.0
2011 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 144 3 1 20833.3
2010 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 208 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 222 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 144 1 0 6944.4
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 374 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 378 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 308 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 270 1 0 3703.7
2004 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 196 4 0 20408.2
2003 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 320 1 0 3125.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 240 13 5 54166.7
2000 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 0 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.