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: 169 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Forester Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
8 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $135 in penalties contested before the Commission, $135 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-23.
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.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2009-05-20, 17 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
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Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-05-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2009-05-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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
2026
0
2025
1
2024
1
2023
0
2022
1
2021
1
2020
1
2019
3
2018
2
2017
2
2013
0
2012
3
2011
4
2010
2
2009
3
2008
3
2007
4
2006
4
2005
3
2004
3
2003
2
2002
1
2001
0
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Forester Pit sits in Kittson County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Kittson County, Minnesota · Population 4,163
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,615
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
0
0
0
2026 Q1
0
0
0
2025 Q4
0
0
0
2025 Q3
828
1
0
1207.7
2025 Q2
0
0
0
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
315
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
1,123
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
395
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
662
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
689
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
352
3
0
8522.7
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
589
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
0
0
0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
318
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
814
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
451
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,524
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
96
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,563
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
978
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,503
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,431
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
1,161
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,800
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
2,054
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
18
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
301
2
1
6644.5
2010 Q3
1,984
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,178
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
159
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,906
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
374
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
1,251
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,628
1
0
614.3
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
1,698
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,634
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
1,223
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
40
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
882
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,062
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,465
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
40
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,393
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,847
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
0
0
0
2005 Q1
80
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
2,356
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,835
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
240
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
80
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,564
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
0
1
0
2003 Q2
1,205
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
1,253
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
0
0
0
2001 Q2
0
0
0
2001 Q1
120
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,987
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,575
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2010 · 1 incident
August 11, 2010MN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON