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Plant 15: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ulland Brothers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Jeff A Carlson
Virginia, Freeborn County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103390

Plant 15 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
4
Years on record
2017–2021
Latest incident
Sep 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
18
citations
7
significant & substantial
$1,867
proposed penalties
$1,867
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Ulland Brothers Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
27
inspections on record
204
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: 204 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 15 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
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-04-14.
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.
38.9%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
38.9%
reasonably likely or greater
44.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 66.7% moderate, 16.7% 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: 2025-09-02
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.78 0.15 Washer Operator
2005-05-18 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.
Ownership history
  1. Ulland Brothers Inc 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 11
2024 2
2023 2
2022 6
2021 3
2020 2
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 1
2010 2
2009 1
2008 2
2007 0
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 15 sits in Freeborn County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Freeborn County, Minnesota · Population 30,752
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,012
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 1,469 1 0 680.7
2026 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 359 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 781 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,072 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 307 0 0 0.0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 483 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 471 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 642 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 943 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 765 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 862 1 0 1160.1
2021 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 451 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 184 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,588 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 814 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 892 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 478 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 464 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 99 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 857 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 435 3 1 6896.6
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,197 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 361 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 429 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,405 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 811 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,013 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 554 1 0 1805.1
2014 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 239 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,091 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,441 1 0 694.0
2013 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 414 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,401 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 637 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1 3 2 3000000.0
2011 Q2 54 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 189 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 474 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 531 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 570 3 2 5263.2
2009 Q2 633 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 995 2 1 2010.1
2008 Q2 328 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 3,178 1 0 314.7
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 2,604 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,669 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,013 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 1,093 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2021 · 2 incidents

September 13, 2021 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Ulland Brothers Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was repairing a stacking conveyor when EE got debris in left eye from blowing sand and dust which resulted in a swollen left eye at 10:00 pm on the date of incident. Swollen eye was diagnosed as corneal ulcer/small abrasion.

August 17, 2021 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Ulland Brothers Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee had scratched cornea from fine material in right eye due to windy conditions.

2017 · 2 incidents

November 3, 2017 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Ulland Brothers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was removing a bolt using a 1/2" electric impact wrench. EE was holding the bolt head with left thumb and index finger. The bolt head spun and lacerated ee's left thumb which required three sutures.

May 31, 2017 MN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was setting up a stacker. EE's left thumb got caught in between the base and the kingpin assembly after EE loosened the support bracket used for transport. EE's left thumb was fractured and required surgery.