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GP 500: 60 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James L Holmgren
Duluth, St Louis County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2102999

GP 500 has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2016–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
60
citations
19
significant & substantial
$15,851
proposed penalties
$15,851
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Northland Constructors's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
232
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: 232 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2018-05-29.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

GP 500 has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $180 in penalties contested before the Commission, $180 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-20.
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.
32.8%
significant & substantial
5.2%
high negligence or reckless
32.8%
reasonably likely or greater
63.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.2% low, 77.6% moderate, 5.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$180 proposed, $180 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2006-02-17.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2006-56M Settlement Lesnick 2006 $180 → $180
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2006-06-07, 20 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
2006-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.8 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 2 0.16 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.

GP 500 recorded 15.52 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.

Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
15.52
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Minnesota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.95 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2018 * 15.52 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Northland Crushing 1989 to 2014
  2. Northland Constructors 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 3
2018 12
2017 9
2016 7
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 4
2010 3
2009 2
2008 3
2007 3
2006 2
2005 4
2004 3
2003 3
2002 2
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

GP 500 sits in St. Louis County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
St. Louis County, Minnesota · Population 200,056
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$69,455
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
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 2,140 1 0 467.3
2019 Q2 4,240 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 7,948 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,958 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,688 5 3 575.5
2018 Q1 1,173 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,616 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,331 4 1 480.1
2017 Q2 6,861 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 856 1 1 1168.2
2016 Q4 5,779 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,222 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,970 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 30 1 0 33333.3
2015 Q4 222 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,184 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,534 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 347 2 1 5763.7
2014 Q3 794 6 2 7556.7
2014 Q2 1,090 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 463 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 671 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,012 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 396 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,163 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,538 1 0 650.2
2012 Q2 1,369 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,107 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,564 4 1 2557.5
2011 Q2 1,350 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 434 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,849 8 1 4326.7
2010 Q2 1,137 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 956 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,401 11 5 7851.5
2009 Q2 1,135 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 744 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,151 1 0 868.8
2007 Q4 583 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,379 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,054 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 696 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,396 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 442 5 2 11312.2
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 269 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 801 3 0 3745.3
2005 Q2 423 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 497 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 426 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 758 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 577 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 384 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 638 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 414 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 382 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 670 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 586 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 493 5 1 10142.0
2001 Q3 1,001 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 999 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 760 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 670 2 1 2985.1
2000 Q2 491 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2018 · 2 incidents

June 27, 2018 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Northland Constructors · Rubbed or abraded

The injured employee was tightening bolts on cutting edges (segments) of a FEL. Employee secured the bottom of the bolt with their hand. When the nut was driven with an impact gun, the bolt spun and cut the hand. The laceration required medical treatment; 3 sutures.

June 18, 2018 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Northland Constructors · Rubbed or abraded

The injured employee was removing a cutting edge from a FEL; this involved using an impact gun to remove bolt / nuts which secure the edge to the bucket. The employee did not adequately secure the bolt and their hand was lacerated when the bolt head spun with the nut.

2016 · 2 incidents

September 7, 2016 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Northland Constructors · Struck by flying object

A miner was freeing a stuck chain from the segments of a cutting edge using a steel hammer. The hammer inadvertently struck the cutting edge and a piece of shrapnel was ejected and lodged in the miner's upper thigh. The object was removed at the local health care provider; cleaned and sutured a small laceration.

March 11, 2016 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northland Constructors · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An employee was injured when removing a pin which secured a steel plate. The steel plate rotated when a second pin was removed. When the plate rotated, it struck and pinched the employees arm / elbow between the steel plate and the frame of a jaw crusher. Conditions which contributed to the event include a weld failure, rigging misalignment and poor body positioning.