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Felton Pit & Mill: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by McCormick Inc
Felton, Clay County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2101274

Felton Pit & Mill 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
2
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Jun 1985
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
42
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,892
proposed penalties
$4,892
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Northern Improvement Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
340
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: 340 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Felton Pit & Mill 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
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-17.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
59.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.4% low, 78.6% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2021-06-30, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2014-07-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.79 3.08 0.26 Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-07-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Utility Man
2014-07-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge 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.
Ownership history
  1. Ames Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to 1993
  2. Ames Sand & Gravel 1993 to 2008
  3. Northern Improvement Company 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 4
2024 4
2023 4
2022 5
2021 4
2020 4
2019 6
2018 6
2017 6
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 8
2012 8
2011 6
2010 6
2009 6
2008 6
2007 6
2006 7
2005 9
2004 7
2003 7
2002 7
2001 5
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Felton Pit & Mill sits in Clay County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Clay County, Minnesota · Population 65,628
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$77,664
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
2026 Q2 2,745 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 1,124 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,095 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,612 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,433 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,893 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,485 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 2,086 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,615 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,012 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 2,008 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,755 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,327 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,204 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,661 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,519 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,962 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,648 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,059 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,625 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,618 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,462 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 214 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,580 1 0 279.3
2018 Q3 3,967 1 0 252.1
2018 Q2 3,726 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,424 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,225 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,480 5 0 1436.8
2017 Q1 534 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,181 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,088 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,049 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 602 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,659 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,212 1 0 191.9
2015 Q2 7,996 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 719 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,527 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,734 3 0 633.7
2014 Q2 5,157 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,234 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,707 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,863 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 425 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,600 1 0 178.6
2012 Q3 8,411 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,780 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 576 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,726 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,552 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,899 3 1 769.4
2011 Q1 264 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,436 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,497 1 1 181.9
2010 Q2 4,748 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 212 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,713 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,913 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,422 1 0 226.1
2009 Q1 212 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,440 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,458 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,914 1 0 255.5
2008 Q1 127 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,830 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,167 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,026 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 298 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,906 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,732 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,995 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 349 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,879 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,043 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,133 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,234 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,459 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,621 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,994 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 2,929 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,396 2 0 312.7
2003 Q2 6,111 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 256 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,568 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,753 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,245 14 2 2669.2
2002 Q1 359 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,142 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,044 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,115 4 1 654.1
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 3,570 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,718 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,226 4 1 642.5
2000 Q1 102 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

July 19, 1984 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ames Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

TRIPPED WHILE CLIMBING ON PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.