Mining Incidents

FEY-Hulstein Farms: 33 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hulstein Excavating Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Travis Hulstein
Edgerton, Pipestone County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103662

FEY-Hulstein Farms 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
33
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,724
proposed penalties
$4,724
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
21
inspections on record
158
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: 158 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FEY-Hulstein Farms 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
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
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.
12.1%
significant & substantial
6.1%
high negligence or reckless
12.1%
reasonably likely or greater
39.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.1% low, 87.9% moderate, 6.1% 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: 2020-04-22, 6 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 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.
Ownership history
  1. Dave Hulstein Excavating 2009 to 2022
  2. Hulstein Excavating Inc. 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 4
2009 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FEY-Hulstein Farms sits in Pipestone 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.
Pipestone County, Minnesota · Population 9,352
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,073
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 473 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 953 1 0 1049.3
2025 Q4 583 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 317 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 373 2 0 5361.9
2025 Q1 619 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 705 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 772 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 606 2 0 3300.3
2024 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 336 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 433 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 451 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 444 1 0 2252.3
2022 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 277 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 253 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 56 1 1 17857.1
2020 Q3 303 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 282 1 0 3546.1
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 281 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 323 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 241 1 1 4149.4
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 278 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 293 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 121 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 229 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 193 1 0 5181.3
2017 Q2 526 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 336 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 341 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 169 2 0 11834.3
2015 Q3 259 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 564 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 128 1 0 7812.5
2014 Q3 411 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 331 1 0 3021.1
2014 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 191 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 301 4 0 13289.0
2013 Q2 207 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 182 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 262 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 392 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 145 3 0 20689.7
2011 Q3 296 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 284 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 238 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 292 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 273 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 177 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 277 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 587 9 2 15332.2

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.