Mining Incidents

Port. Crusher #1: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

County Line Contractors Inc · Surface
Controlled by Carroll W Domek
Fairmont, Martin County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2102975

Port. Crusher #1 has $110 in proposed MSHA penalties and $110 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
1996
Latest incident
Nov 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$110
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $110 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
12
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: 12 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Port. Crusher #1 has $110 in proposed MSHA penalties and $110 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.
$110
proposed penalties
$110
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$110
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-09-25.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Tow Brothers Construction Inc 1988 to 1999
  2. County Line Contractors Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 0
2002 1
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Port. Crusher #1 sits in Martin 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.
Martin County, Minnesota · Population 19,864
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,969
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
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 121 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 486 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1996 · 1 incident

November 11, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Tow Brothers Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

EE APPARENTLY WAS TRYING TO GET CONVEYOR TO RUN. IT HAD A FAST BALL CAUGHT IN IT. EE'S RIGHT HAND/SLEEVE GOT CAUGHT AND PULLED HIS ARM/HAND INTO THE CONVEYOR.