Mining Incidents

Power Screen: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Paul Jacobsen · Surface
Controlled by Paul M Jacobsen
Biwabik, St Louis County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103745

Power Screen has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
19
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,193
proposed penalties
$2,193
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
21
inspections on record
99
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: 99 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Power Screen has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-09-06.
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.
10.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
10.5%
reasonably likely or greater
36.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 31.6% low, 68.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Paul Jacobsen 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2024 2
2023 3
2022 4
2021 3
2020 3
2019 4
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Power Screen sits in St. Louis County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
St. Louis County, Minnesota · Population 200,056
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$69,455
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 100 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 101 2 0 19802.0
2023 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 251 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 201 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 61 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 161 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 253 2 0 7905.1
2019 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 101 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 61 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 41 1 0 24390.2
2016 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 163 2 0 12269.9
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 77 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 121 4 0 33057.9
2012 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 45 8 2 177777.8

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.