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H-4000 CRUSHER: 62 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Alexandria, Douglas County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103052

H-4000 CRUSHER has $10K 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
4
Years on record
2007–2022
Latest incident
Jun 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
62
citations
22
significant & substantial
$9,782
proposed penalties
$9,782
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Central Specialties Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
29
inspections on record
323
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: 323 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

H-4000 CRUSHER has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-23.
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.
35.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
35.5%
reasonably likely or greater
74.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.5% low, 85.5% 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: 2022-11-02, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-11-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.65 0.49 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-07-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 0.88 0.61 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2018-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.6 0.38 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.49 0.29 Backhoe Operator
2009-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 1.05 0.64 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.91 0.30 Bulldozer Operator
2002-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.74 0.19 Bulldozer Operator
2002-05-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2002-05-01 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.
Ownership history
  1. Starry Construction Company Inc 1992 to 1997
  2. Central Specialties Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 4
2023 4
2022 3
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 5
2017 4
2016 5
2015 4
2014 5
2013 4
2012 5
2011 4
2010 4
2009 4
2008 5
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 4
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

H-4000 CRUSHER sits in Douglas 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.
Douglas County, Minnesota · Population 39,354
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$77,264
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
2024 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,107 3 3 2710.0
2024 Q2 641 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,137 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,277 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 210 3 1 14285.7
2022 Q3 193 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,368 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 980 4 2 4081.6
2021 Q3 254 3 0 11811.0
2021 Q2 1,983 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,550 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 788 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 766 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,229 1 0 448.6
2019 Q2 1,342 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1,342 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,683 3 1 1782.5
2018 Q2 1,427 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 508 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,309 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,178 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 435 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,682 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,670 4 1 2395.2
2016 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 707 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,297 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,125 1 0 470.6
2015 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,196 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,376 3 2 1262.6
2014 Q2 1,478 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 925 2 1 2162.2
2013 Q3 2,442 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,646 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,278 1 0 782.5
2012 Q3 2,247 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,270 3 1 1321.6
2012 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,009 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,732 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,502 2 0 1331.6
2011 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,532 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,740 2 0 729.9
2010 Q2 2,578 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,107 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,872 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,871 2 0 1068.9
2009 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 835 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,863 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,941 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 88 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,309 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,237 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 739 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,174 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,006 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,325 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,326 10 4 7541.5
2005 Q3 2,126 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,116 3 0 1417.8
2005 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,488 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,031 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 614 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,268 9 5 3968.3
2003 Q3 2,384 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,462 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,276 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,202 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,329 3 1 1288.1
2002 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 810 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 583 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,148 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 362 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 414 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,795 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,974 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 95 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2022 · 1 incident

June 21, 2022 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Central Specialties Inc · Struck against stationary object

The operator was loosening a rail bolt, the wrench slipped and they hit their hand on the drive box smashing right pinky finger.

2016 · 1 incident

September 30, 2016 MN · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker POWERED HAULAGE
Central Specialties Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS WERE PINCHED BETWEEN CONVEYOR DRIVE BELT AND SHIVS ROLLER RESULTING IN TISSUE/NAIL LOSS TO THUMB, MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.

2011 · 1 incident

2007 · 1 incident

May 8, 2007 MN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Specialties Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on equipment when he caught his right thumb in the hydraulic lift mechanism, causing a laceration on his thumb.