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Chieftan Power Screen: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dave L Saehr
Pierz, Morrison County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103365

Chieftan Power Screen has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Jun 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$5,351
proposed penalties
$1,851
paid to date
35% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Saehr Backhoe & Gravel Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
32
inspections on record
166
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: 166 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chieftan Power Screen has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-10.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 0.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 25% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
70%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $2K 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 2012-11-20.
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 2013-132M Settlement Miller 2013 $5K → $2K
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: 2025-06-10
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-06-10 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. Saehr Backhoe & Gravel Inc. 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 1
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 2
2003 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Chieftan Power Screen sits in Morrison 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.
Morrison County, Minnesota · Population 34,131
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,640
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 146 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 158 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 62 1 0 16129.0
2025 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 153 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 79 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 162 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 159 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 109 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 199 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 61 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 121 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 78 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 59 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 73 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 84 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 78 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 121 1 0 8264.5
2016 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 91 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 113 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 81 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 39 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 63 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 69 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 66 1 0 15151.5
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 76 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 66 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3 1 0 333333.3
2010 Q4 49 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 38 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 61 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 69 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 37 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 106 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 107 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 245 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 190 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 76 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 83 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

June 18, 2012 MN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Saehr Backhoe & Gravel Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Neighbor or landowner has property adjoining mine and was moving a vehicle from his adjoining property when he decided to cut across the mine property and use the pit haul road. They were using a forklift to carry a junk car when the forklift stopped running they began pulling it with a farm tractor in that scenario the two collided which crushed the driver.