Mining Incidents

Plant 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Houston, Houston County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103746

Plant 1 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
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
16
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,863
proposed penalties
$1,863
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
19
inspections on record
105
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: 105 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plant 1 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-06.
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 36 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 240 1 0 4166.7
2025 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3 48 3 0 62500.0
2021 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 61 1 0 16393.4
2021 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 98 1 0 10204.1
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 83 1 0 12048.2
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 358 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 456 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 351 4 0 11396.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 247 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 288 2 0 6944.4
2014 Q2 156 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 339 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 149 2 0 13422.8
2013 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 17 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 425 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 525 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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