Mining Incidents

Junior Commander Metal/Non-Metal

Swanville, Morrison County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103570

Junior Commander has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Junior Commander.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
22
citations
7
significant & substantial
$14,596
proposed penalties
$9,096
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
20
inspections on record
164
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: 164 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Junior Commander has $15K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-05.
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
2025 Q4 482 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 972 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 982 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 490 1 0 2040.8
2024 Q3 872 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,112 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 722 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 994 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,106 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,122 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,052 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,022 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,222 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,122 1 0 891.3
2020 Q2 1,052 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,150 2 1 1739.1
2019 Q2 1,190 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 632 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,410 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,256 3 0 2388.5
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 722 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,322 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,206 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 964 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,282 1 0 780.0
2016 Q2 1,310 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,216 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,358 3 1 2209.1
2015 Q2 1,298 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 542 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,242 1 1 805.2
2014 Q2 1,488 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 716 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,414 1 0 707.2
2013 Q2 1,286 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 750 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,208 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,346 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,458 2 0 1371.7
2011 Q3 1,414 5 4 3536.1
2011 Q2 1,288 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,450 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,788 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,358 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 89 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 307 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,640 1 0 609.8
2009 Q2 1,763 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 134 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.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Junior Commander

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.