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: 57 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
KASOTA PLANT has $844 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.
$844
proposed penalties
$844
current assessed
$844
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-24.
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.
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: 2001-05-01, 25 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2001-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2001-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
2.67
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-01
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Washer Operator
2001-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.87
0.12
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
KASOTA PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Minnesota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.50 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
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
8.67
8.67
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2002
11
2001
10
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
KASOTA 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
2002 Q4
4,556
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,891
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,787
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
3,779
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,762
2
0
531.6
2001 Q3
5,060
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
6,453
11
1
1704.6
2001 Q1
4,933
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4
5,007
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,488
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
6,267
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,303
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2000 · 1 incident
August 26, 2000MN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS NOT FOLLOWING COMPANY POLICY AS HE WAS CLEANING RETURN ROLLER ON BELT/ CONVEYER 310/ EMPLOYEE KNELT DOWN WITH HAMMER AND MISSED. HIS HAND WAS PULLED BETWEEN ROLLR AND BELT. HE THE N PULLED E-STOP CABLE TO STOP CONVEYER. EMPLOYEETREATED AT E.R. FOR 5 STITCHES AND A FRACTURE OF THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND.
WELDERS WERE REMOVING I-BEAM FROM THE #3 BLENDING TOWER, A BOLT THAT WAS CUT OFF FELL INTO THE 5X16 BUCKSHOT VIBRATOR AND IGNITED THE BALCK RUBBER SCREENS. UNABLE TO PUT OUT FIRE WITH FIRE EXT INGUISHERS. FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED. FIRE WAS EXTINQUISHED AT 11:45 A.M. TWO VIBRATING JIGS WERE DESTROYED. PRODUCTION PLANT WAS CLOSED ON 11-5-99 AND WINTER MAINTENANCE WAS IN PROCESS.
1998 · 1 incident
June 3, 1998MN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
MOVING POND MATERIAL-HE TOOK TOO MUCH MATERIAL IN THE BUCKET RAISING THE BACK OF THE LOADER OFF THE GROUND. WHEN THE LOADER CAME BACK DOWN HE HIT HIS CHEST ON THE STEERING WHEEL. HE WAS WEARIN G HIS SEAT BELT.
1997 · 2 incidents
September 20, 1997MN · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY
EE WAS REMOVING EQUIPMENT FINGERS FROM JAW CRUSHER FEEDER. WHEN RUST POPPED UP INTO RIGHT EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES AND CUTTING SHIELD AT THE TIME. EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL C LINIC AND RESUMED REGULAR DUTIES.
1990 · 3 incidents
July 26, 1990MN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SAND PLANT IS SHUT DOWN FOR WINTER MAINTENANCE. HE WAS USING AN AIR CHIPPER TO REMOVE SCALE FROM AN I-BEAM. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES AND A SURGICAL MASK. THE SURGICAL MASK HELD THE SAFETY GLASSES UP 1/8" WHICH ALLOWED ITEMS TO REACH EYE. PURCHASES HEAD SHIELD TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE.
April 4, 1990MN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
SAND PLANT IS SHUT DOWN FOR WINTER MAINTENANCE. HE WAS USING AN AIR CHIPPER TO REMOVE SCALE FROM I-BEAMS. HE WAS WEARING GOGGLES BUT THEY WERE WORN OUT, GIVING HIM AN IMPROPER FIT. PURCHASED N EW GOGGLES TO PREVENT REOCCURANCE.
SAND PLANT IS S2UT DOWN FOR WINTER MAINTENANCE.HOPPER WAS DISCONNECTED FOR SCREEN REPAIR.HOPPER WAS CHAINED BACK TO STEEL BEAM.HE LOST BALANCE HITTING HOPPER,THIS RESULTED IN DISCONNECTING CHA IN,CAUSING HOPP9R TO FALL AND HIT HIS FOPOT.CHAIN WAS TOO SHORT FOR JOB INTENDED-LONGER CHAIN WOULD HAVE PREVENTED ACCIDENT. IN,CAUSING HOPP9R TO HIT HIS FOOT. CHAIN WAS TOO SHORT FOR JOB INT