Mining Incidents

Chicken Ridge Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Greg Bruening
LaCrescent, Winona County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4702846

Chicken Ridge has $5K 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
2
Years on record
1990–1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
41
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,721
proposed penalties
$4,721
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
34
inspections on record
364
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: 364 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chicken Ridge has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-05-14.
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 342 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 658 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 406 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,646 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 863 6 1 6952.5
2024 Q1 767 0 0 0.0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 549 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 631 4 2 6339.1
2023 Q2 704 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 300 1 0 3333.3
2022 Q2 2,625 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 63 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 193 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 351 2 0 5698.0
2021 Q2 307 1 0 3257.3
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 163 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 153 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 349 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 62 6 0 96774.2
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 256 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 339 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 218 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 57 1 0 17543.9
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 164 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 182 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 93 1 0 10752.7
2013 Q3 361 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 369 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 711 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,117 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,034 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,023 1 0 977.5
2011 Q3 1,107 2 0 1806.7
2011 Q2 803 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 424 2 0 4717.0
2010 Q2 88 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 314 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,036 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 463 1 0 2159.8
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 642 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 626 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 965 3 1 3108.8
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 784 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,324 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 429 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,048 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,218 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,294 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,153 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,329 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,106 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,041 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,129 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,164 3 0 2577.3
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,043 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,239 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 808 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 20 2 0 100000.0
2002 Q4 1,157 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,351 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,197 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 92 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,111 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,233 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,247 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,262 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,029 2 0 1943.6
2000 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1998 · 1 incident

June 7, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yahara Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING EQUIPMENT LOWERED TRAILER ON RIGHT TOES. SAFETY SHOES ON. WALKING CAST 7-WEEKS.

1990 · 1 incident

April 10, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Yahara Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

STONE QUARRY, OPEN PIT. ROCK FLEW OFF EQUIPMENT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE EYE. INJURY: CORNEA LACERATION OF LEFT EYE AND SKIN ON LOWER LID AND BROW WOUND.

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The full compliance file on Chicken Ridge

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.