Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher No. 1: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Erhard, Otter Tail County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103022

Portable Crusher No. 1 has $416 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$416
proposed penalties
$416
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
5
inspections on record
48
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: 48 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 No. 1 has $416 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.
$416
proposed penalties
$416
current assessed
$416
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-05-01.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 40.0% low, 60.0% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2001-05-01, 25 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2001-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Stadum Plumbing & Gravel LLP 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 0
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher No. 1 sits in Otter Tail 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.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota · Population 60,281
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$70,912
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
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 337 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,737 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,167 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,954 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,225 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,023 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,096 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,262 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,881 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,295 5 1 3861.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

October 25, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stadum Plumbing & Gravel LLP · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING A ROCK A PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.