Mining Incidents

Plant 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mark T Thorson
Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103660

Plant 2 has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2009
87
citations
33
significant & substantial
$22,962
proposed penalties
$22,962
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
29
inspections on record
358
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: 358 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 2 has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-04.
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 570 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,169 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 836 5 2 5980.9
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 475 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 942 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,047 1 0 955.1
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 587 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,441 4 3 2775.9
2023 Q2 966 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 448 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,494 2 1 1338.7
2022 Q2 1,057 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 521 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,375 3 2 2181.8
2021 Q2 1,687 2 0 1185.5
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 902 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,235 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,142 5 2 4378.3
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 501 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,938 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 801 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 441 4 2 9070.3
2018 Q3 1,548 1 0 646.0
2018 Q2 1,255 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 333 12 5 36036.0
2017 Q3 1,230 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 643 3 0 4665.6
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,183 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,443 11 4 7623.0
2015 Q2 1,339 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 15 5
2014 Q4 794 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,822 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,030 1 0 970.9
2013 Q3 2,192 2 1 912.4
2013 Q2 1,282 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 817 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,355 3 0 2214.0
2012 Q2 554 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 467 1 0 2141.3
2011 Q2 1,111 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 898 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 990 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,016 8 4 7874.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 490 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 855 4 2 4678.4

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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The full compliance file on Plant 2

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.