Mining Incidents

CR #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Holdingford, Stearns County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103717

CR #3 has $7K 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
7
Years on record
2014–2023
Latest incident
Oct 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
28
citations
3
significant & substantial
$6,783
proposed penalties
$6,783
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
23
inspections on record
239
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: 239 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CR #3 has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-06-29.
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 2,612 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,454 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,786 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 671 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,205 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,114 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,981 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,646 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,015 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,577 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,682 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,694 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,805 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,631 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,844 2 0 1084.6
2021 Q1 548 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,972 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,327 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,560 2 0 781.2
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,587 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,925 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 978 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,766 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,037 2 1 658.5
2018 Q2 1,692 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,922 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,382 1 0 295.7
2017 Q2 1,534 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,218 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,114 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,573 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,891 7 2 2421.3
2015 Q3 4,136 5 0 1208.9
2015 Q2 3,682 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,890 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,296 5 0 944.1
2014 Q2 3,186 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,281 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,318 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,449 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,016 1 0 331.6
2012 Q3 5,300 1 0 188.7
2012 Q2 5,326 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 310 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,603 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,270 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,265 2 0 883.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,532 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,946 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2023 · 1 incident

October 23, 2023 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was cleaning the rock piles out of the shoots. Employee was standing on the cross conveyer doing this. Another employee accidentally activated the conveyer, which caused employee to fall from the conveyer to the ground. They landed on their ankle, and this caused the ankle jam/sprain.

2021 · 1 incident

January 18, 2021 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was walking from the backhoe to the loader and slipped and fell on the ice.

2019 · 1 incident

September 19, 2019 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee unhooked the chain from the conveyor and dropped it over the end. EE was walking back down and the chain accidentally re-hooked on a beam and jerked the conveyor and that is when EE lost balance and fell to the ground on EE's back.

2018 · 1 incident

October 15, 2018 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was rolling a conveyor belt to the back of the pickup and ee was unable to stop it when it got to the back of the pickup. The belt rolled to the ground and hitting the employee causing ee to fall to the ground and the belt then roll over right leg.

2016 · 1 incident

May 25, 2016 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Struck by falling object

Replacing roller on conveyor and was tapping clip out of roller when something fell in right eye. EE had safety glasses on but they were fogged up so EE moved them down just a little to let the moisture out of the lenses.

2014 · 2 incidents

October 21, 2014 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Struck by falling object

Was removing rock from feeder and rock fell off lid and hit him on his forehead causing the laceration.

June 9, 2014 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was wearing safety glasses and was hand grinding when a foreign object got into his eye.

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