Mining Incidents

Crusher: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ben Olson · Surface
Controlled by Ben Olson
Ottertail, Wadena County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103222

Crusher has $966 in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 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 2005
8
citations
2
significant & substantial
$966
proposed penalties
$964
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
16
inspections on record
80
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: 80 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 $966 in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 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.
$966
proposed penalties
$966
current assessed
$964
paid to date
$2
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-01.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Ben Olson 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 1
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 0
2003 0
2002 0
2001 0
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher sits in Wadena County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Wadena County, Minnesota · Population 14,135
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$56,882
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
2016 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 19 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3 2 0 666666.7
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 26 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 81 2 2 24691.4
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 45 1 0 22222.2
2009 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 41 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 17 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9 3 0 333333.3
2005 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 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.