Paz Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Paz Excavating Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Ivan D Pazdernik; Bill J Pazdernik
Garfield,
Douglas County,
MN
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103918
Paz Mine 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
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
14
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,806
proposed penalties
$1,806
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
10
inspections on record
107
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 107 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Paz Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 701 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 44444.4 |
| 2023 Q3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 11111.1 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 273 | 2 | 1 | 7326.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 346 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 229 | 2 | 0 | 8733.6 |
| 2019 Q4 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 45454.5 |
| 2018 Q2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 66666.7 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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