Mining Incidents

Powerscreen Commander: 12 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Brian D Gruhot
Marshall, Lyon County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103373

Powerscreen Commander has $1K 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
2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
12
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,228
proposed penalties
$1,228
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
33
inspections on record
154
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: 154 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Powerscreen Commander has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-14.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
58.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% 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: 2012-07-10, 14 years ago
100%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11 over
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.1 1.34 1.57 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. D & G Excavating Inc 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 1
2024 2
2023 1
2022 1
2021 2
2020 2
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 3
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Powerscreen Commander sits in Lyon 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.
Lyon County, Minnesota · Population 25,498
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$72,761
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 12 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5 1 0 200000.0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 69 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 48 2 0 41666.7
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 306 1 0 3268.0
2019 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 823 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 129 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 874 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 342 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 437 1 0 2288.3
2016 Q2 174 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 148 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 251 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 287 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 158 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 308 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 132 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 335 1 0 2985.1
2013 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1 1 1 1000000.0
2012 Q2 76 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 181 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 354 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 163 1 0 6135.0
2008 Q3 284 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 357 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 471 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 512 1 0 1953.1
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 457 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 440 2 1 4545.5
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 65 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 449 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 215 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 589 1 0 1697.8
2004 Q2 404 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 217 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

August 31, 2006 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D & G Excavating Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The turn pulley on the conveyor was plugged up with aggregate material. Employee shut the machinery off and tried to get the material loose with a shovel. After no luck he tried again with a screwdriver. The force of the material shifting caused the belt to turn backwards and caught his hand in the pulley.