Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Fall from machine
Checking Bobcat in doing preventative maintenance check. Slipped off rear bobcat tire. Landed off balanced and sprained right ankle.
K3: 72 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Jacob Barkley
Mankato,
Blue Earth County,
MN
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103847
K3 has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2020–2024
- Latest incident
- Feb 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
72
citations
9
significant & substantial
$20,351
proposed penalties
$20,351
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
27
inspections on record
310
inspection hours
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: 310 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
K3 has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-19.
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
8.3%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.9% low, 77.8% moderate, 8.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5
citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
- Settled 1 · 20%
- Stood as issued 4 · 80%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2022-08-29.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE 2022-0277 | Default | 2023 | $1K → $1K | |
| LAKE 2020-0220 | Settlement | 2021 | $123 → $123 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2023-09-26
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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.33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
- Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (7)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-30 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 2.72 | 1.41 | 1.93 | Stone Polisher/Cutter |
| 2023-09-26 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Stone Polisher/Cutter | ||
| 2023-08-30 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.42 | 0.78 | 0.54 | Stone Polisher/Cutter |
| 2020-10-07 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2020-10-07 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.23 | 0.76 | 0.30 | Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator |
| 2018-10-24 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2018-10-24 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.15 | Stone Polisher/Cutter |
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.
K3 recorded 27.60 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2021.
Injury rate, 2021
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.27.60
total case rate
9.20
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.87 and the all-US-mining average was 2.19 cases per 100 workers.
In Minnesota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.68 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 * | 27.60 | 9.20 | 0.000 |
| 2020 * | 8.70 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
- Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
K3 sits in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.Blue Earth County, Minnesota · Population 69,386
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$72,623
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 893 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q4 | 726 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,568 | 10 | 0 | 6377.6 |
| 2025 Q2 | 646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,079 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,321 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,691 | 7 | 0 | 2601.3 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 2,354 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 690 | 3 | 0 | 4347.8 |
| 2023 Q4 | 2,508 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,908 | 1 | 1 | 343.9 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,694 | 4 | 0 | 1484.8 |
| 2023 Q1 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 3,259 | 7 | 2 | 2147.9 |
| 2022 Q3 | 4,326 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 4,445 | 4 | 0 | 899.9 |
| 2022 Q1 | 3,753 | 10 | 1 | 2664.5 |
| 2021 Q4 | 5,628 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 5,468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 6,043 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 4,601 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 5,972 | 6 | 0 | 1004.7 |
| 2020 Q3 | 6,143 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 5,965 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 4,904 | 1 | 0 | 203.9 |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,694 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 4,092 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,954 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,135 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,726 | 3 | 1 | 1738.1 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,836 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,747 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,054 | 3 | 0 | 1460.6 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,002 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,639 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,477 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,224 | 10 | 4 | 8169.9 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,232 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,204 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 295 | 3 | 0 | 10169.5 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2024 · 1 incident
2021 · 3 incidents
December 15, 2021
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Struck by falling object
990 loader operator was offloading finished blocks. Operator picked up the West block, employee approached the East block along its East end. East block shifted and 4x4 dunnage collapsed; the block fell & landed on employee's right foot. Operator used the loader to lift the block off of employee's foot, and EE "hobbled" away from the block to a safe spot. Crushed right foot.
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Struck by flying object
Cleaning up tipping equipment. Air hose came loose and struck employee multiple times. Air hose struck employee to the head, neck, right shoulder, right ribs, and right wrist. Bruising and pain afterward.
March 5, 2021
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Struck by falling object
Freeing the wire saw wire, which was pulling. Rock broke off from off the high wall and dropped on the middle of EE's back. Went into doctor and they advised EE to let the swelling go down and EE could return to work with restrictions. Expected light duty until 3/22/21.
2020 · 1 incident
September 14, 2020
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Fall onto or against objects
Employee was filling up a large water tank using a smaller water tank. Employee was connecting the hoses and went on top of the tire of the smaller tank. Employee slipped and hit shin on a piece of support steel. Right shin bruise. No work restrictions initially. Employee went back to clinic on 9/18/20 and was placed on work restrictions. No lost time.