Mining Incidents

DON SCHMIDT PIT Metal/Non-Metal

DON SCHMIDT EXCAVATING · Surface
Controlled by Don Schmidt
battle lake, Otter Tail County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103771

MSHA record for DON SCHMIDT PIT (mine ID 2103771). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
5
inspections on record
20
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: 20 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. DON SCHMIDT EXCAVATING 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 1
2013 0
2012 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DON SCHMIDT PIT sits in Otter Tail 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.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota · Population 60,281
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$70,912
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
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 26 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 26 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.