Mining Incidents

CR 544 Crusher: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

McCarthy Gravel Inc · Surface
Litchfield, Meeker County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103158

CR 544 Crusher has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $23 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 2001
21
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,156
proposed penalties
$2,133
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $23 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
226
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: 226 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 544 Crusher has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $23 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$23
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-30.
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.
23.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.8%
reasonably likely or greater
57.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.0% low, 81.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2020-09-23, 5 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-09-23 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. McCarthy Gravel Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 1
2002 1
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CR 544 Crusher sits in Meeker County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Meeker County, Minnesota · Population 23,422
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$75,037
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 234 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 228 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 259 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 137 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 224 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 68 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 141 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 367 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 297 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 514 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 366 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 275 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 316 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 384 1 0 2604.2
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 156 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 308 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 467 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 212 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 209 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 353 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 68 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 538 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 389 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 289 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 516 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 317 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 275 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 481 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 425 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 496 1 0 2016.1
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 219 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 586 1 0 1706.5
2012 Q2 482 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 218 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 554 4 1 7220.2
2011 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 398 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 486 1 0 2057.6
2010 Q2 312 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 248 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 286 1 1 3496.5
2009 Q2 158 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 669 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 838 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 634 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 466 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 578 1 0 1730.1
2007 Q2 651 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 435 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 682 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 716 2 1 2793.3
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 486 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 757 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 403 5 1 12406.9
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 609 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 685 1 0 1459.9
2004 Q2 434 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 328 1 0 3048.8
2002 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 664 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,139 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 660 2 1 3030.3
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 521 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,180 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 763 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 160 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.