HAPPYLAND PIT: 8 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
HAPPYLAND PIT has $715 in proposed MSHA penalties and $715 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1990–1999
- Latest incident
- Sep 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1
significant & substantial
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $715 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 49 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
HAPPYLAND PIT has $715 in proposed MSHA penalties and $715 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-08-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
12.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 12.5% none, 12.5% low, 75.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2001 |
1 |
| 2000 |
2 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
HAPPYLAND PIT sits in Koochiching County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Koochiching County, Minnesota · Population 11,950
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,115
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2001 Q4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q3 |
480 |
3 |
1 |
6250.0 |
| 2001 Q1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 |
240 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
960 |
3 |
0 |
3125.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
400 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
1999 · 1 incident
September 28, 1999
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falls Ready Mix Concrete Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
SHOVELING ROCK FROM UNDER A BELT. SOMETHING IN HIS CHEST POPPED.
1990 · 1 incident
August 14, 1990
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler
MACHINERY
Falls Ready Mix Concrete Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HIT WITH A PIECE OF STEEL THAT SLID OF WASH PLANT.