Mining Resources, LLC has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2012–2015
Latest incident
Apr 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
52
citations
17
significant & substantial
$7,945
proposed penalties
$7,945
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: 313 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mining Resources, LLC has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-03-19.
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.
11citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
Settled
7 · 64%
Stood as issued
4 · 36%
80%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2015-02-24.
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: 2014-11-06, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2014-11-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
1.36
0.34
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2014-11-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
1.26
0.44
Electrician
2014-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2014-03-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.48
0.24
Utility Man
2014-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2013-02-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
1.58
0.25
Utility Man
2013-02-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2013-02-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.58
0.71
0.82
Truck Driver
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.
Mining Resources, LLC recorded 3.08 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.
Injury rate, 2015
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
3.08
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Minnesota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.12 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2015 *
3.08
0.00
0.000
2014
4.49
1.12
0.000
2013
1.52
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2022
2
2021
2
2020
1
2019
1
2018
1
2017
3
2016
5
2015
32
2014
80
2013
63
2012
59
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mining Resources, LLC sits in St. Louis County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
St. Louis County, Minnesota · Population 200,056
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$69,455
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
The employee had climbed down from a front end loader. Once both feet were on the ground, he turned to walk away and felt a painful pop in his knee. This may be a strain or mild tear, physician is waiting to do an MRI.
2014 · 4 incidents
November 18, 2014MN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee was working to remove the impeller from a pump. When the impeller broke loose, something struck his hand, or his hand struck something inside the pump casing (he is unsure). The employee suffered a broken pinky finger and a laceration to the same finger.
The employee was performing work on a clogged shoot to a sump. The breaker bar he was using fell and pinched his band between the bar and the grating that covers the sump, splitting his finger open. He was wearing gloves. As a result of the incident, several stitches were needed to close up the wound.
October 27, 2014MN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Four employees were working to repair a blown pipe. While holding the fitting up on both sides, one of the employees hands slipped, causing it to swing into the groin of another employee holding it in place. The employee felt pain, but did not think he was injured. On 10/29/14, the employee said the pain was worse and sought medical attention.
An employee was rolling over a piece of Novaflex hose when the inner support wire caught his hand and punctured the skin. A physician prescribed an antibiotic to prevent infection. No sutures were needed.
The employee slipped on a sidewalk, striking his elbow. An initial medical examination showed no injuries and he was only given work restrictions for the remainder of the day. Months later, pain STARTED in his shoulder. An MRI in July 2014 showed AC degeneration and tendonitis in the right shoulder.
2012 · 4 incidents
October 28, 2012MN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was working on cleaning shot/adjusting screens on the rev separator matrix. Employee reached down into rev matrix to grab a screen panel that was misaligned and cut his middle finger on the sidewall of the matrix. The employee was wearing gloves prior to grabbing the screen, but removed his glove so he could grab the screen easier. The cut required several stitches.
EE picked up a carry bag containing a chainfall and felt a pain in abdomen. EE checked out by a doctor and cleared to return immediately back to work. The doctor stated that he had a hernia and noted limitations, none of which would prevent him from doing his assigned job tasks. EE came to work on 10/15/12 with a new form from a new dr stating the limitations/no work w/hernia.
While walking on flat ground, the employee felt a sharp pain in his foot. After a day, the pain didn't go away so he sought medical attention. The nurse practitioner's best guess is that his left foot was sprained or that there may be a stress fracture. The x-ray did not show any damage to the bone.
August 12, 2012MN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON