Mining Incidents

Penrose Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jay C Morrell
Regal, Douglas County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103163

Penrose Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
29
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,879
proposed penalties
$2,339
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $540 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
35
inspections on record
303
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: 303 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penrose Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 outstanding across 3 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$118
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-04-27.
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
2020 Q4 594 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,597 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1 1 0 1000000.0
2019 Q4 2,139 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,239 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,479 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,528 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 1,930 1 0 518.1
2018 Q2 1,696 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,845 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,844 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,654 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,038 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,617 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,894 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,746 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,579 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,069 3 0 1450.0
2015 Q3 1,856 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,806 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,207 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,577 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,877 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,845 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,205 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,710 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,808 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,675 2 0 1194.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,812 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,717 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,875 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,621 2 1 1233.8
2011 Q2 2,118 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,685 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,989 1 0 502.8
2010 Q3 2,246 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,193 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,675 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,327 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,839 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,853 1 0 350.5
2009 Q1 1,526 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,448 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,722 1 1 367.4
2008 Q2 2,907 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,528 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,831 2 0 706.5
2007 Q3 2,831 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,974 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,545 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,102 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,458 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,942 2 0 1029.9
2006 Q1 978 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,391 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,372 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,577 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,055 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,049 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,281 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,440 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,636 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,791 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,337 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,476 2 0 807.8
2003 Q1 1,437 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,728 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,413 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,178 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 887 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,730 11 2 6358.4
2001 Q3 962 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,760 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 778 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,006 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,243 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,152 0 0 0.0

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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The full compliance file on Penrose Plant

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.