Mining Incidents

CRUSHER PLANT 3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mark T Thorson
Otter Tail County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2100645

CRUSHER PLANT 3 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Aug 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
9
significant & substantial
$21,080
proposed penalties
$8,080
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
164
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: 164 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 PLANT 3 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-11.
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
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 573 8 4 13961.6
2001 Q3 1,169 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 677 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 733 2 2 2728.5
2000 Q3 1,287 7 3 5439.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 1,044 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 30, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Mark Sand & Gravel Acquisition Company · Contact with electrical current

WHILE CUTTING WITH ARCH WELDER, INDIVIDUAL WAS ELECTROCUTED.

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