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Plant 16: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jeff A Carlson
Courtland, Nicollet County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103282

Plant 16 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
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Aug 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
18
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,695
proposed penalties
$1,695
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 2001
17
inspections on record
149
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: 149 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 16 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
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-19.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
72.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.9% low, 61.1% 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: 2026-07-22
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Washer Operator
2001-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-01 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Washer 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. 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 4
2023 5
2022 9
2021 5
2020 3
2019 5
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 16 sits in Nicollet County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Nicollet County, Minnesota · Population 34,350
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$80,362
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 1,922 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 484 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 905 2 0 2209.9
2025 Q2 2,330 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 948 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,136 1 0 318.9
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,030 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 884 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,121 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,491 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 995 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,888 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,502 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 775 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,075 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,413 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 214 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 411 2 0 4866.2
2020 Q2 2,091 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,497 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 790 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,585 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 734 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 185 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,120 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 87 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 872 4 1 4587.2
2006 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 272 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,075 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 818 1 1 1222.5
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 708 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 535 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 134 2 0 14925.4
2003 Q3 607 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 770 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 206 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,331 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,189 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,221 6 1 4914.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

August 9, 2004 MN · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Fall down stairs

Miner fell off steps after they pulled away from a generator trailer. Miner was treated for scrapes, contusions and a sore neck.