Mining Incidents

PLANT 14 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mark T Thorson
Ranier, MN, Koochiching County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103286

PLANT 14 has $720 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 2001
10
citations
2
significant & substantial
$720
proposed penalties
$720
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
12
inspections on record
124
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: 124 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 14 has $720 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.
$720
proposed penalties
$720
current assessed
$720
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-24.
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 1,517 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 871 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,191 1 1 839.6
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 544 1 0 1838.2
2005 Q3 534 1 0 1872.7
2005 Q2 552 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 510 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,251 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 824 5 1 6068.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 790 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,995 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 725 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 949 1 0 1053.7
2002 Q3 1,496 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 818 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 657 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,549 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,192 1 0 838.9

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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