Mining Incidents

MN Portable #4 Metal/Non-Metal

Scandia, Sherburne County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103287

MN Portable #4 has $2K 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
3
Years on record
2009–2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
23
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,420
proposed penalties
$2,420
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
33
inspections on record
318
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: 318 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MN Portable #4 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-09-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,314 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,126 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,385 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 605 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,804 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,929 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,171 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 223 0 0 0.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,195 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,180 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,066 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 1,752 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 984 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,536 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 84 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,981 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,537 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,871 4 1 1393.2
2020 Q2 2,799 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 934 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,446 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,268 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 471 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,448 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,317 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,484 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 962 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,286 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,645 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,991 3 0 1003.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,910 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,249 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,391 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,262 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,408 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,892 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,406 2 0 587.2
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,062 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 4,466 1 0 223.9
2014 Q1 1,082 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,958 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 3,099 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,006 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,712 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,095 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,746 2 2 728.3
2011 Q3 5,185 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,780 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 951 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,343 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,118 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,993 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 159 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,957 2 1 1022.0
2009 Q3 3,667 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,517 3 0 853.0
2009 Q1 638 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,490 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,854 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,800 1 0 357.1
2008 Q1 737 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,352 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,592 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,836 1 0 260.7
2007 Q1 1,689 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,393 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,081 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,130 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,189 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,936 1 0 516.5
2005 Q3 4,157 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,718 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 969 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,090 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,880 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,880 1 0 257.7
2004 Q1 1,572 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,387 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,317 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,003 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 355 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,935 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,373 2 1 592.9
2002 Q2 3,028 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 613 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 999 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,247 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,631 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2019 · 1 incident

August 9, 2019 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Barton Sand & Gravel Co · Fall onto or against objects

Slipped and fell at same level while splicing a conveyor belt - lacerated left inner thigh on angle iron.

2011 · 1 incident

September 14, 2011 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barton Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner (mechanic) received a metal sliver in the little finger of his left hand - did not notice until hand began to swell - unsure how he got sliver

2009 · 1 incident

June 1, 2009 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Barton Sand & Gravel Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Individual intially reported injury to self at home. Later investigation revealed on 01/07/2010 that employee was injured at work. Employee injured back (3 crushed vertebrae) upon falling from bank/berm of silt pond.

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The full compliance file on MN Portable #4

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.