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: 56 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Excel 1500 has $683 in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$683
proposed penalties
$683
current assessed
$623
paid to date
$60
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-11-03.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2004-11-09, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.91
0.19
Utility Man
2004-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.96
0.36
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2011
1
2010
3
2009
4
2008
6
2007
0
2006
4
2005
3
2004
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Excel 1500 sits in Scott County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Scott County, Minnesota · Population 152,957
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$120,247
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
2011 Q2
981
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
447
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
0
1
0
2009 Q3
892
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,477
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
38
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
2,271
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3
2,278
2
1
878.0
2008 Q2
1,429
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
1,440
1
0
694.4
2006 Q3
1,560
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
6,275
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
240
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
775
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
576
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,413
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
640
3
0
4687.5
2004 Q3
837
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,130
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2005 · 1 incident
May 24, 2005MN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was driving lift truck to feed jaw. A chunk of concrete fell into the loader bucket casuing the loader to bounce. Employee states he hit his head on the inside top of the loader cab. The employee continued to work, but later complained of neck pain. He visited a chiropractor and is seeing one for treatment.
2004 · 1 incident
September 14, 2004MN · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee states he was feeding the crusher at a normal pace. Rocks started jamming up so he started to pull some rocks out when one of the rocks broke loose and smashed his right baby finger. He was wearing protective, leather gloves.