Kuester Pit 1 Metal/Non-Metal
Ground Zero Services LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Jason John Kuester
Courtland, MN,
Nicollet County,
MN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103819
Kuester Pit 1 has $100 in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$100
proposed penalties
$99
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
6
inspections on record
25
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: 25 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Kuester Pit 1 has $100 in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 0 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.$100
proposed penalties
$100
current assessed
$99
paid to date
$1
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-08-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q1 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 532 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q1 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,581 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 373 | 1 | 0 | 2681.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,158 | 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.
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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.