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Plaisted Sand: 99 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Todd R Plaisted
Elk River, Sherburne County, MN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2100496

Plaisted Sand has $14K 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
2005–2008
Latest incident
Oct 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
99
citations
21
significant & substantial
$13,579
proposed penalties
$13,579
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Plaisted Companies Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
612
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: 612 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plaisted Sand has $14K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
21.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
21.2%
reasonably likely or greater
54.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 45.5% low, 54.5% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2026-02-12
18
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2025-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2024-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Belt Crew
2022-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2019-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-04-25 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.68 Truck Driver
2014-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2014-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Plaisted Sand recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Minnesota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.47 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. O G Hanson & Son Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. Plaisted Companies Inc. 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 14
2024 14
2023 14
2022 14
2021 13
2020 14
2019 13
2018 11
2017 15
2016 21
2015 18
2014 9
2013 8
2012 9
2011 6
2010 6
2009 6
2008 6
2007 6
2006 7
2005 8
2004 7
2003 6
2002 5
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plaisted Sand sits in Sherburne County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Sherburne County, Minnesota · Population 99,178
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$102,965
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 8,807 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,117 1 0 195.4
2025 Q4 7,685 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,649 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,448 2 0 211.7
2025 Q1 6,335 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,383 1 0 135.4
2024 Q3 9,074 1 0 110.2
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 8,828 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,455 1 0 183.3
2023 Q4 7,570 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,079 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,367 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,885 1 0 169.9
2022 Q4 7,152 3 2 419.5
2022 Q3 9,247 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,866 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,326 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,855 3 0 437.6
2021 Q3 9,247 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,435 2 0 212.0
2021 Q1 5,066 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,945 1 0 168.2
2020 Q3 8,643 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,298 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,004 4 1 999.0
2019 Q4 7,013 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,397 1 0 135.2
2019 Q2 7,612 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,911 1 0 203.6
2018 Q4 6,139 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 332 1 0 3012.0
2018 Q2 7,463 2 0 268.0
2018 Q1 4,824 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,190 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,644 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,422 3 1 356.2
2017 Q1 9,788 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 10,211 2 1 195.9
2016 Q3 16,132 3 0 186.0
2016 Q2 12,643 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 9,997 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,865 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,478 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 11,817 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 375 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,186 16 2 5022.0
2014 Q3 9,323 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,917 11 6 1233.6
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,717 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,783 3 1 442.3
2013 Q2 3,879 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,962 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,197 5 0 806.8
2012 Q2 5,931 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,432 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,397 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,521 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,882 2 0 694.0
2010 Q3 4,782 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,907 9 4 2303.6
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,275 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,966 2 1 504.3
2009 Q2 2,764 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,225 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,794 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,887 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,560 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,942 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,107 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,250 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,012 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,541 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,549 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,398 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,880 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,263 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,896 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,867 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,899 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,404 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,758 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,174 3 0 718.7
2003 Q3 4,147 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,617 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,355 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,185 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,322 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,099 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,405 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,322 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,941 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,969 2 0 503.9
2001 Q1 2,297 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,502 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,565 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,052 13 2 3208.3
2000 Q1 2,392 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2008 · 1 incident

October 14, 2008 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Plaisted Companies Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee's left arm was trapped or pinned & shoulder was dislocated when cutting a bracket on the grizzly feeder. The feeder came down and entrapped his arm between the feeder and the hopper.

2006 · 1 incident

October 19, 2006 MN · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler ELECTRICAL
Plaisted Companies Inc. · Flash burns (electric)

Employee was pressing the start button for the slurry pump when the electrical panel exploded. He received burns on the neck and throat and a burn on right arm. Investigation found no determinable cause as panel was destroyed. Possibly a short or an arc thru the air. All electrical panels were inspected by hipsage electric.

2005 · 1 incident

November 1, 2005 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Plaisted Companies Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee states extreme discomfort with his right knee. He had a hard time with a specific injury date. Employee is a material handler with a loader blender. He remembers hurting his knee when getting down from the loader.