Mining Incidents

Lippmann 6224: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ries Farms LLC · Surface
Controlled by Nick H Ries; Nick M Ries
Hastings, Goodhue County, MN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2103919

Lippmann 6224 has $853 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 2018
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$853
proposed penalties
$853
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
14
inspections on record
130
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: 130 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lippmann 6224 has $853 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.
$853
proposed penalties
$853
current assessed
$853
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-16.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2026-04-07
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2023-03-15 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-15 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2019-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2019-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Ries Farms LLC 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lippmann 6224 sits in Goodhue 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.
Goodhue County, Minnesota · Population 47,844
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$82,749
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 672 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 848 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 752 1 0 1329.8
2025 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 576 2 0 3472.2
2024 Q1 416 1 0 2403.8
2023 Q4 816 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 896 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 832 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 128 1 0 7812.5
2022 Q4 432 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 912 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 864 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 448 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 656 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 672 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 368 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 672 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 370 1 0 2702.7
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 400 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.