Mining Incidents

CR # 4 Metal/Non-Metal

Wm D Scepaniak Inc · Surface
Holdingford, Stearns County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103501

CR # 4 has $6K 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
3
Years on record
2018–2022
Latest incident
May 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
37
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,514
proposed penalties
$5,514
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
26
inspections on record
326
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: 326 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 # 4 has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-23.
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 1,132 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,534 2 0 361.4
2025 Q2 726 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,760 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,979 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,761 1 0 362.2
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,758 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,887 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,071 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 3,890 3 1 771.2
2022 Q3 3,482 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,942 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,915 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,796 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,931 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 657 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,932 7 3 1419.3
2020 Q3 3,950 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,150 1 1 317.5
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,283 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,452 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,345 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,084 4 1 1919.4
2018 Q3 3,272 2 0 611.2
2018 Q2 1,301 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,649 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,103 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,395 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,231 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,746 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,224 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,347 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,540 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,238 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 270 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,177 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,766 1 0 173.4
2014 Q2 1,841 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,733 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,781 10 3 1729.8
2013 Q2 4,464 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,537 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,513 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 406 1 0 2463.1
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 266 1 1 3759.4
2010 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 84 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1 2 0 2000000.0
2008 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 376 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 610 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 292 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 604 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 708 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 561 2 0 3565.1
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 382 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 489 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2022 · 1 incident

May 18, 2022 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wm D Scepaniak Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE had picked up on the leg of the conveyor with both hands, and removed the pin. When putting it back down, the ledge of the conveyor slipped and pinched tip of EE's middle finger on the left hand. This cut EE's finger open and caused it to bleed.

2019 · 1 incident

July 24, 2019 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wm D Scepaniak Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was taking large rocks out of the cone crusher and setting them on the ledge so they can throw them out and one of the rocks rolled off the ledge and came in contact with EE's 3rd/Ring Finger on the right hand.

2018 · 1 incident

June 13, 2018 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wm D Scepaniak Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was doing the morning inspection and while getting into the loader, the door closed before EE got hand in and the finger got caught between the door frame and the loader.

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