Mining Incidents

Crushing Plant: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Royal Johnson · Surface
Controlled by Royal J Johnson
Rochester, Olmsted County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103551

Crushing Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2010
15
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,668
proposed penalties
$1,320
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $348 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
24
inspections on record
131
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: 131 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crushing Plant has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $348 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-16.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.7% low, 73.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 3 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$348 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-10-17.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2018-0022 Dismissal Rae 2018 $348 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Royal Johnson 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 3
2022 3
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 1
2006 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crushing Plant sits in Olmsted County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Olmsted County, Minnesota · Population 163,425
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$93,494
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 158 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 64 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 252 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 212 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 256 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 154 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 91 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 123 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 169 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 191 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 329 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 164 1 0 6097.6
2018 Q3 287 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 318 4 1 12578.6
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 269 3 0 11152.4
2017 Q2 343 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 219 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 321 1 0 3115.3
2016 Q2 355 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 191 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 278 2 1 7194.2
2015 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 189 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 191 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 222 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 139 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 318 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 213 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 125 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,432 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 145 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 124 1 0 8064.5
2011 Q3 205 1 0 4878.0
2011 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 77 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 153 2 1 13071.9
2010 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 113 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 46 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 146 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 91 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 531 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 136 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 145 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 55 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 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.