Mining Incidents

Power Screener Metal/Non-Metal

Medford, Stearns County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103388

Power Screener has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $28K 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
2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
71
citations
23
significant & substantial
$31,657
proposed penalties
$3,435
paid to date
11% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $28,222 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
26
inspections on record
269
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: 269 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 Screener has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $28K 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$28K
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-12-19.
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
2011 Q2 397 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 494 4 0 8097.2
2010 Q3 1,015 14 7 13793.1
2010 Q2 356 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 737 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 639 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 902 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,293 3 1 2320.2
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 792 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,334 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 941 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q3 1,061 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 744 1 0 1344.1
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 697 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,526 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,019 6 3 5888.1
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,272 3 1 2358.5
2003 Q3 589 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

May 2, 2006 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Tri-County Aggregate Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was out of crusher, realized he had not grabbed a hammer and stepped back in to get it. Co-worker started crusher and EE's leg got pinched. The weight of the impeller broke EE's leg.

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