Mining Incidents

East Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Todd R Plaisted
Elk River, Sherburne County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103986

East Pit 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
1
Years on record
2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
12
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,650
proposed penalties
$1,650
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
13
inspections on record
107
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: 107 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

East Pit 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 2026-02-11.
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
2025 Q4 3,112 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,742 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,239 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,432 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,661 1 1 375.8
2024 Q3 3,691 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,490 2 0 445.4
2024 Q1 2,939 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,781 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,980 2 0 502.5
2023 Q2 4,191 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,709 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,248 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,028 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,579 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,739 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,981 6 2 1507.2
2021 Q3 4,797 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,348 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,417 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,805 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2022 · 1 incident

April 20, 2022 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman ELECTRICAL
Plaisted Companies Inc · Contact with electrical current

Worker was resetting a controller in a power box EE opened up the door on the panel pushed the reset button and was shocked - the shock went in one finger and went out the finger on the other hand

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