Mining Incidents

Commander Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Michaelson, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Michael R Sjoblom
Estherville, Emmet County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302276

Commander Plant 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
41
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,679
proposed penalties
$4,679
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
34
inspections on record
264
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: 264 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 Plant 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
39 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-12.
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 16 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 259 1 0 3861.0
2024 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 744 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 19 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 136 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 449 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 127 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 507 5 0 9861.9
2020 Q2 29 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 87 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 195 1 0 5128.2
2019 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 362 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 197 1 0 5076.1
2018 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 424 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 141 2 1 14184.4
2017 Q2 516 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 191 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 274 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 253 3 0 11857.7
2014 Q2 232 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 184 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 586 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 211 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 38 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 353 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 247 7 0 28340.1
2010 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 35 2 0 57142.9
2007 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 71 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 293 4 4 13651.9
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 166 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 366 2 0 5464.5
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 61 3 2 49180.3

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.

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