Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Fall from piled material
Hand splitting blocks. Block tipped and slid down block ankle caught on rocks and rolled. Sprained right ankle.
L-231 Metal/Non-Metal
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Jacob Barkley
Ely,
Lake County,
MN
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2103882
L-231 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2018–2022
- Latest incident
- May 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
51
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,540
proposed penalties
$7,367
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $173 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
31
inspections on record
302
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: 302 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
L-231 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-04.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,852 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,947 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,402 | 2 | 0 | 1426.5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,273 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,312 | 2 | 0 | 865.1 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,088 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,696 | 2 | 1 | 1179.2 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,117 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,101 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,912 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,655 | 1 | 0 | 604.2 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 3,300 | 7 | 2 | 2121.2 |
| 2022 Q2 | 3,364 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,967 | 7 | 1 | 2359.3 |
| 2021 Q4 | 3,909 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 3,934 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 3,581 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,211 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,775 | 3 | 1 | 1081.1 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,215 | 3 | 0 | 1354.4 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,244 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,589 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 509 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 802 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 292 | 4 | 0 | 13698.6 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,779 | 13 | 4 | 7307.5 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,817 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,077 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,527 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,731 | 2 | 1 | 1155.4 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,777 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 322 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 917 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,005 | 2 | 0 | 1990.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2022 · 1 incident
2021 · 1 incident
July 26, 2021
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Went to take wrench of the steel, co-worker hit the lever to tighten the steel not knowing hand or finger was still in there and finger got stuck between the wrench and the rock. Worker developed soreness and started getting worse and worse on the drive home. Was taking the wrench off the steel for the DTH Drill. 2 Fingers got smashed, fractured.
2018 · 2 incidents
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Struck by flying object
Employee was monitoring the water bag and the movement of the loafs when the water bag burst and water hit EE's face. Causing minor eye abrasions.
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was operating a rock splitter when the splitter got stuck in the rock. The employee then attempted to put a pipe wrench between the splitter and the rock, Getting middle and ring fingers smashed between the wrench and the rock.
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