Mining Incidents

Commander: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

RK Construction Services Inc · Surface
Squaw Lake, Itasca County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103796

Commander has $333 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 2013
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$333
proposed penalties
$333
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
12
inspections on record
80
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: 80 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Commander has $333 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.
$333
proposed penalties
$333
current assessed
$333
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-18.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 66.7% low, 33.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. RK Construction Services Inc 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 2
2018 0
2017 1
2015 0
2014 1
2013 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Commander sits in Itasca County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Itasca County, Minnesota · Population 45,141
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$66,380
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 64 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 30 2 1 66666.7
2013 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 210 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.