Mining Incidents

Elgin Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dorothy Bennett
Elgin, Wabasha County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103818

Elgin Sand Pit has $1K 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 2015
11
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,493
proposed penalties
$1,493
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
15
inspections on record
93
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: 93 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Elgin Sand Pit has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-18.
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 351 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 331 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 511 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 286 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 345 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 459 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 175 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 289 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 121 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 457 1 1 2188.2
2021 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 256 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 189 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 424 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 315 1 1 3174.6
2019 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 614 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 298 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 121 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 768 1 0 1302.1
2017 Q3 645 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 59 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 776 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 156 1 0 6410.3
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 583 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 107 7 1 65420.6
2015 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 124 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.

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