Mining Incidents

James Bros Wash Plant: 25 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

James Bros. Construction, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Theresa A James
Elysian, Le Sueur County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103436

James Bros Wash Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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 2009
25
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,132
proposed penalties
$2,830
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
25
inspections on record
187
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: 187 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

James Bros Wash Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-21.
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.
4.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
4.0%
reasonably likely or greater
80.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 40.0% low, 60.0% 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: 2009-04-29, 17 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-09-21 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. James Bros. Construction, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 2
2019 4
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

James Bros Wash Plant sits in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Le Sueur County, Minnesota · Population 28,936
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$90,218
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
2026 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 329 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 302 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 493 1 0 2028.4
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 694 3 0 4322.8
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 163 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 392 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 651 3 0 4608.3
2023 Q2 181 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 413 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 577 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 351 1 0 2849.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 361 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 345 1 0 2898.6
2021 Q2 521 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 261 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 493 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 577 3 0 5199.3
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 706 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 427 2 0 4683.8
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 625 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 307 1 0 3257.3
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 281 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 414 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 465 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 161 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 557 1 0 1795.3
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 158 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 492 1 0 2032.5
2015 Q2 296 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 262 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 347 1 0 2881.8
2014 Q2 318 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 146 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 487 1 0 2053.4
2013 Q2 176 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 109 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 261 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 310 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 174 2 1 11494.3
2011 Q3 595 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 246 1 0 4065.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 203 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 571 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 453 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 121 1 0 8264.5
2009 Q3 477 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 390 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 601 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 335 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 151 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 583 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 381 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 621 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 427 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 263 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 547 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 847 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 409 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.