Mining Incidents

Helling Pit: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Watonwan County Public Works · Surface
Controlled by Watonwan County-MN
St. James, Watonwan County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103729

Helling Pit has $300 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$300
proposed penalties
$300
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
12
inspections on record
41
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: 41 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Helling Pit has $300 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.
$300
proposed penalties
$300
current assessed
$300
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-11.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 66.7% low, 33.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Watonwan County Public Works 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 1
2014 3
2013 1
2012 3
2011 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Helling Pit sits in Watonwan 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.
Watonwan County, Minnesota · Population 11,169
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,593
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
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 84 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 243 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 147 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 72 2 0 27777.8
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 83 1 0 12048.2
2011 Q3 129 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 24 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.