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Plant 5 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mark T Thorson
Ottertail, Otter Tail County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2101419

Plant 5 has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
107
citations
41
significant & substantial
$24,441
proposed penalties
$24,440
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
38
inspections on record
381
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: 381 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 5 has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-05-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 566 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 103 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 958 7 3 7306.9
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 112 6 1 53571.4
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 736 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,100 5 3 4545.5
2016 Q2 2,318 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 586 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,326 14 5 10558.1
2015 Q2 1,319 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 462 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 419 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 837 7 1 8363.2
2012 Q3 905 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,824 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 951 5 3 5257.6
2011 Q3 1,876 5 3 2665.2
2011 Q2 1,246 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 858 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,473 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,565 7 3 4472.8
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 545 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,146 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 805 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 694 7 4 10086.5
2008 Q3 1,050 15 5 14285.7
2008 Q2 194 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 816 4 1 4902.0
2007 Q3 1,518 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 543 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 303 2 1 6600.7
2006 Q3 797 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 141 2 0 14184.4
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 574 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,896 5 2 2637.1
2005 Q2 1,112 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 846 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,634 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 696 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,175 4 2 3404.3
2003 Q2 537 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,417 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,208 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 742 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 671 3 1 4470.9
2001 Q3 1,412 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 393 6 2 15267.2
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 719 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,762 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,435 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

June 20, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mark Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND FELLOW EE WERE REPLACING THE ANRILS IN THE SPOKANE CRUSHER. WHEN A PIECE FROM THE ANVIL CHIPPED OR HAVE OFF STRAINING HIM IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM INBEDDING IT IN THE ARM. HE WILL BE HANDLI NG IT REMOVED IN THE NEAR FURTURE.

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