Mining Incidents

Crusher: 12 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Meeker Washed Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Jason Sing
Litchfield, Meeker County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103581

Crusher has $2K 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 2007
12
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,524
proposed penalties
$1,524
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
23
inspections on record
192
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: 192 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 $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-11-08.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 58.3% low, 41.7% 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: 2026-06-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.77 0.30 Cleanup Man
2010-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Meeker Washed Sand & Gravel, Inc. 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
2008 2
2007 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

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 722 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 852 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 730 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 555 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,050 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,201 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 553 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 927 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,378 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 604 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 830 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,004 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 708 3 1 4237.3
2021 Q3 1,460 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 786 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 965 1 0 1036.3
2020 Q3 1,076 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,073 2 0 1863.9
2020 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 495 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,034 1 0 967.1
2019 Q2 497 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 235 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 515 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,234 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 920 1 0 1087.0
2017 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 643 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 496 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 618 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,223 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 474 2 1 4219.4
2015 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 519 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 488 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 587 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 837 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 956 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 909 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,396 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 848 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,161 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 308 1 0 3246.8
2011 Q3 1,407 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 582 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 837 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 676 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 801 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 616 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 423 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 160 1 0 6250.0
2007 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 519 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.