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PORTABLE CRUSHER #1: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Todd C Morical
Glenwood, Douglas County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103021

PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1991–1992
Latest incident
Sep 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
16
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,527
proposed penalties
$2,527
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Morical Brothers Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
326
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: 326 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-10-31.
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.
18.8%
significant & substantial
6.2%
high negligence or reckless
18.8%
reasonably likely or greater
68.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 68.8% moderate, 6.2% 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: 2025-05-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2025-05-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Backhoe Operator
2025-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2016-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2016-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.95 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.09 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.92 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-09-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.11 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Morical Brothers Inc. 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 3
2023 2
2022 3
2021 2
2020 3
2019 3
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 1
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 sits in Douglas County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Douglas County, Minnesota · Population 39,354
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$77,264
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 1,068 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,550 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,520 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,848 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,790 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,912 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,096 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 745 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 697 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 707 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,609 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,185 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,430 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,355 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,393 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,253 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,360 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,094 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,614 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,533 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,573 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 813 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,109 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,457 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 764 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,434 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 957 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 963 1 0 1038.4
2016 Q3 1,502 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 975 1 0 1025.6
2016 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,106 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,226 1 0 815.7
2015 Q2 801 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 902 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,152 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 612 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 604 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 632 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 483 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 636 8 2 12578.6
2012 Q3 652 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,161 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 638 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 757 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 498 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 467 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 425 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 636 1 0 1572.3
2009 Q3 1,433 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 747 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 870 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,303 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 654 2 1 3058.1
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 727 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,497 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 673 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 799 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,618 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,033 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 761 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,775 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,096 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q3 1,349 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,217 2 0 1643.4
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,184 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,513 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 607 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,034 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,742 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 724 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 913 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,506 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 747 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,283 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 881 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 27, 1991 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Morical Brothers Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

VICTIM ENTERED THE TAIL PULLEY AREA AND BECAME INTAGNLED IN TAIL PULLEY. RESULTS WERE FATAL INJURY.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1992 · 1 incident

September 17, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morical Brothers Inc. · Fall from machine

VICTIM CLAIMS HE JUMPED OFF LEFT FRONT TIRE OF 966C LOADER AND INJURED PELVIS