Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher #1 Metal/Non-Metal

New Ulm, Brown County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103172

Portable Crusher #1 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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
2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
65
citations
17
significant & substantial
$9,809
proposed penalties
$9,507
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
339
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: 339 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 $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-11.
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 190 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 177 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 245 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 123 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 313 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 431 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,337 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,530 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,215 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,044 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,076 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,032 1 0 969.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,343 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,211 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 891 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,023 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,081 4 0 3700.3
2020 Q2 970 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,174 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,634 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,599 1 0 625.4
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,183 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,673 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 943 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 784 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,991 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 982 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 663 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,006 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 458 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 665 2 1 3007.5
2015 Q4 1,827 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,109 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,285 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,654 4 3 2418.4
2014 Q3 2,199 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,593 3 0 1883.2
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 645 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,257 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,655 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,843 1 0 542.6
2012 Q3 2,525 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,282 5 2 2191.1
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,740 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,394 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,587 1 0 630.1
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,343 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,212 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,762 9 6 5107.8
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,588 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,302 2 1 868.8
2009 Q2 1,827 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,290 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,237 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,676 2 0 1193.3
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,644 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,354 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,222 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 102 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,665 5 1 3003.0
2006 Q3 2,422 3 2 1238.6
2006 Q2 1,760 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,619 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,692 1 0 591.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,898 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,982 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,066 5 0 2420.1
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,724 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,535 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,549 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 2,150 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,000 5 0 2500.0
2002 Q2 1,573 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,343 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,039 2 0 1924.9
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,970 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,367 7 1 2957.3
2000 Q2 2,053 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

October 2, 2007 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
M. R. Paving & Excavating, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The operation was crushing recycle concrete and asphalt 40% and mixing it with a 60% sand-gravel mixture. With a little wet clay in the sand-gravel mix, the crusher jaws plugged up. The operator, trying to unplug the jaws, reached in to pull out a larger chunk of concrete. His finger got pinched between the concrete and crushed the tip of his right middle finger.

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