Mining Incidents

DNR Pit-Sturgeon Lake Metal/Non-Metal

Rydberg & Sons Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kip Rydberg
Pine City, Pine County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103890

DNR Pit-Sturgeon Lake has $5K 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 2016
31
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,758
proposed penalties
$4,758
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
19
inspections on record
110
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: 110 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DNR Pit-Sturgeon Lake has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-21.
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
2025 Q4 875 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,267 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,128 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 391 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,180 2 0 1694.9
2024 Q2 973 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,339 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,279 3 0 2345.6
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 767 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,718 13 4 7566.9
2022 Q2 387 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,355 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,816 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,098 2 0 1821.5
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,298 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,022 1 0 978.5
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 371 1 0 2695.4
2019 Q3 1,503 3 0 1996.0
2019 Q2 288 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 733 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,281 2 0 1561.3
2018 Q2 795 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 542 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 423 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,223 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 168 4 0 23809.5

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.

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