Mining Incidents

Crusher: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bradley M Braaten
Fergus Falls, Todd County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2101706

Crusher has $4K 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 2001
37
citations
11
significant & substantial
$4,234
proposed penalties
$4,234
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
32
inspections on record
300
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: 300 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-04.
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.
30.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
30.6%
reasonably likely or greater
61.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.6% low, 69.4% 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: 2025-10-29
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.43 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.7 0.31 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.67 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Cary Dray Line 1950 to 1979
  2. Braaten Aggregate, Inc. 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 3
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher sits in Todd 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.
Todd County, Minnesota · Population 25,402
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,039
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 245 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 407 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 726 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 209 4 3 19138.8
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 333 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 574 1 0 1742.2
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 404 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 261 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 638 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 242 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 561 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 279 3 1 10752.7
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 354 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 582 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 343 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 472 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 591 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 477 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 283 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 563 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 354 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 281 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 711 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 291 1 1 3436.4
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 246 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 677 3 0 4431.3
2017 Q2 188 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 206 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 567 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 203 1 0 4926.1
2015 Q3 525 1 0 1904.8
2015 Q2 422 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 259 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 788 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 373 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 268 2 0 7462.7
2013 Q3 624 2 0 3205.1
2013 Q2 349 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 337 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 622 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 535 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 163 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 551 2 0 3629.8
2011 Q2 364 2 0 5494.5
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 97 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 426 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 503 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 340 1 1 2941.2
2009 Q3 661 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 522 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 583 3 2 5145.8
2008 Q2 552 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 157 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 651 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 361 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 79 1 0 12658.2
2006 Q3 157 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 313 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 141 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 356 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 348 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 218 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 159 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 194 5 0 25773.2
2003 Q3 611 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 230 1 1 4347.8
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 382 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 376 2 1 5319.1
2002 Q2 218 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 269 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 486 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 306 1 0 3268.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 530 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 658 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 851 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.