Luverne Wash Plant has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1991–2026
Latest incident
Jul 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
77
citations
10
significant & substantial
$10,043
proposed penalties
$10,043
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 590 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Luverne Wash Plant has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
77 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-25.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-02-21.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2025-11-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (16)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-11-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-09-17
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0
10
0.00
Dredge/Barge Operator
2022-11-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2022-11-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2019-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2019-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2012-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2012-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2012-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2004-04-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.87
0.17
Cleanup Man
2004-04-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-04-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-04-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.22
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
6
2025
6
2024
6
2023
5
2022
6
2021
6
2020
5
2019
5
2018
4
2017
5
2016
5
2015
5
2014
5
2013
5
2012
5
2011
5
2010
5
2009
4
2008
4
2007
5
2006
5
2005
5
2004
5
2003
4
2002
3
2001
4
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Luverne Wash Plant sits in Rock County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Rock County, Minnesota · Population 9,628
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$70,698
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
employee was removing teeth from excavator bucket by striking tooth with a hammer. A small piece of metal (1/8"x1/4") broke off the tooth and struck the employee in the upper right leg (thigh). The small piece of metal penetrated work pants and into the leg. No impairment to leg but employee taken to local hospital to get it looked at.
2015 · 1 incident
March 6, 2015MN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was repairing a truss conveyor that was laying on the ground. He had one foot inside the truss and one foot outside. While trying to get outside the truss his right foot got stuck under a truss cross member while his upper body was leaning to the outside. The result was "twist" to the right knee.
Employee was shoveling material from under a conveyor. Due to wet and cold ground conditions employee's feet slipped on ground and hit his shin on the truss of the conveyor. Injury resulted in laceration on the right shin that needed three stitches.
July 17, 2008MN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was removing 20 lb metal flange from a pipe. Flange slipped and it pinched finger between flange and work bench. Resulted in fracture and cut to tip of 4th digit on left hand.
VICTIM WAS REMOVING A SCREEN FROM TOP OF WASH SCREEN. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN LIFT- ING SCREEN WHEN VICTIMS FINGER (RIGHT POINTING) WAS PINCHED BETWEEN SCREEN AND HANDRAIL.
2000 · 1 incident
March 23, 2000MN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorELECTRICAL
VICTIM CONTACTED RACEWAY ENCLOSURE WITH WRIST AND RECEIVED ELECTRICAL BURNS WHERE HIS WRIST WATCH WAS. VICTIM RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT WHERE 2ND AND 3RD DRGREE BURNS WERE DETERMINED. VICTIM SENT HOME FOR REMAINDER OF SHIFT. GROUND CONTINUITY CHECKS DONE 2 DAYS PRIOR. HOWEVER, LOOSE CONECTION FOUND IN RACEWAY.