Mining Incidents

Owatonna Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Owantonna, Steele County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103609

Owatonna Quarry has $624 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
5
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Jan 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$624
proposed penalties
$624
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
20
inspections on record
168
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: 168 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Owatonna Quarry has $624 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.
$624
proposed penalties
$624
current assessed
$624
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-07-18.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 723 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 91 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 230 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 143 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 115 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 385 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 243 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 309 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 1 0
2017 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 1,328 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,402 1 0 713.3
2011 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 601 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 321 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 592 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 624 2 0 3205.1
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 931 2 1 2148.2
2008 Q4 337 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,288 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,822 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 321 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2015 · 5 incidents

January 5, 2015 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Minnesota Paving & Materials · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Recordable hearing loss

January 5, 2015 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Minnesota Paving & Materials · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Recordable hearing loss

January 5, 2015 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Minnesota Paving & Materials · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

recordable hearing loss

January 5, 2015 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Minnesota Paving & Materials · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Recordable hearing loss

January 5, 2015 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Minnesota Paving & Materials · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Recordable hearing loss.

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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.