Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William Gesell
Bemidji, Clearwater County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2102849

PORTABLE CRUSHER has $2K 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
3
Years on record
1995–1996
Latest incident
Aug 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
32
citations
10
significant & substantial
$2,084
proposed penalties
$2,084
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
65
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: 65 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 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-18.
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
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q3 2,997 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,681 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,055 14 3 4582.7
2001 Q3 3,118 18 7 5772.9
2001 Q2 2,264 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 897 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,925 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,970 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,853 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,092 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1996 · 2 incidents

August 8, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gesell Concrete Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PULLING THE PIN ON THE SCREEN TO CHANGE IT AND THE PIN SLIPPED ON CUT HIS FINGER.

May 17, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gesell Concrete Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DOING REPAIRS & MAIN. ON EQUIPMENT. PICKED UP A PIECE OF FLAT IRON. HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT IT WAS SHARP. WHEN SET DOWN, IT SLID & CUT HIS FINGER.

1995 · 1 incident

August 22, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gesell Concrete Products Inc · Struck by flying object

POUNDING ON WEDGE, IT FLEW BACK AND HIT HIS GLASSES AND CUT HIS FOREHEAD.

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