Mining Incidents

GP 500 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.
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.

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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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.

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The full compliance file on GP 500

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.