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Power Screener: 71 MSHA citations 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.
See Tri-County Aggregate Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
33.8%
significant & substantial
22.1%
high negligence or reckless
33.8%
reasonably likely or greater
51.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.3% low, 67.6% moderate, 22.1% 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: 2005-06-22, 21 years ago
67%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz32 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-06-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.42 0.94 1.51 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.31 0.88 1.49 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1 0.35 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-22 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. Tri-County Aggregate Inc. 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 1
2004 2
2003 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Power Screener sits in Stearns County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Stearns County, Minnesota · Population 159,358
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,447
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
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.