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Loeffler Pit: 72 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Terry Loeffler
Halma, Kittson County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103030

Loeffler Pit has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Jul 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
72
citations
18
significant & substantial
$10,519
proposed penalties
$4,590
paid to date
44% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,929 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Loeffler Concrete & Gravel, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
28
inspections on record
352
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: 352 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Loeffler Pit has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-07.
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.
26.1%
significant & substantial
10.1%
high negligence or reckless
26.1%
reasonably likely or greater
60.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.8% low, 71.0% moderate, 10.1% 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: 2009-10-21, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-10-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 2.1 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.44 Dragline Operator
2003-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2003-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2003-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 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. Loeffler Concrete & Gravel, Inc. 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 0
2014 3
2013 2
2012 3
2011 2
2010 3
2009 3
2008 4
2007 3
2006 4
2005 3
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Loeffler Pit sits in Kittson County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Kittson County, Minnesota · Population 4,163
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,615
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
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 947 7 1 7391.8
2014 Q3 1,645 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 497 9 3 18108.7
2013 Q4 570 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,860 4 0 2150.5
2013 Q2 982 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 2 0
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 860 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,813 6 1 3309.4
2012 Q2 2,527 2 0 791.5
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q2 1,257 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 770 2 0 2597.4
2010 Q3 2,573 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,348 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,860 6 5 3225.8
2009 Q3 2,481 3 1 1209.2
2009 Q2 2,135 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,161 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,318 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,309 2 0 1527.9
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,459 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,825 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 960 6 3 6250.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,104 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,831 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 853 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 1,273 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,181 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,184 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 930 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,687 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 683 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 728 1 0 1373.6
2003 Q3 1,644 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 870 3 0 3448.3
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 502 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,184 19 4 8699.6
2002 Q2 293 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,997 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 724 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 718 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,614 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,309 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

July 23, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Loeffler Concrete & Gravel, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ACTING IN CARELESS MANNER AROUND EQUIPMENT. TOOK OFF A GUARD ON MACHINE OPERATING AND WAS PLAYING GAMES WITH TAIL PULLEY. GOT ARM IN SHAFT AND BROKE IT. BELT HAD SLIP FEATURE SO IT STOPPED. DR UGS AREA SUSPECTED TO BE INVOLVED.