Mining Incidents

Koch Inc No 1: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Koch Inc · Surface
Controlled by Tim Koch; Lynda M Koch
Leroy, Mower County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103275

Koch Inc No 1 has $2K 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 2006
14
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,590
proposed penalties
$1,590
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
30
inspections on record
226
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: 226 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Koch Inc No 1 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-22.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.1% low, 92.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Koch Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 1
2021 2
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 3
2015 2
2014 3
2013 2
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 3
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Koch Inc No 1 sits in Mower County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Mower County, Minnesota · Population 40,069
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$71,495
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 20 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 57 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 188 1 0 5319.1
2025 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 142 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 121 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 85 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 95 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 75 2 0 26666.7
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 78 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 98 1 0 10204.1
2016 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 101 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 82 1 0 12195.1
2015 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 78 1 0 12820.5
2014 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 39 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 69 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 100 6 4 60000.0
2010 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 78 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 150 1 0 6666.7
2008 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 76 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 290 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 214 1 0 4672.9
2006 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 74 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 137 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 74 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 111 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 40 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.