Mining Incidents

North Star Portable Prime: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Olmsted County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103001

MSHA record for North Star Portable Prime (mine ID 2103001). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Jul 1994
Ownership history
  1. North Star Asphalt Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

North Star Portable Prime sits in Olmsted 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.
Olmsted County, Minnesota · Population 163,425
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$93,494
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

July 1, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman ELECTRICAL
North Star Asphalt Company · Flash burns (electric)

WORKER WAS PLUGGING CORD INTO ELECTRICAL BOX WHEN BREAKER BOX BLE UP. WORKER SUFFERED UV BURNS TO BOTH EYES.