Mining Incidents

Saldana Portable Screen Plant: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Saldana Excavating And Aggregates · Surface
Controlled by John C Saldana
Rice, Benton County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103490

Saldana Portable Screen Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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 2024
4
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,467
proposed penalties
$445
paid to date
13% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,022 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
21
inspections on record
101
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: 101 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Saldana Portable Screen Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$445
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
25.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 25.0% moderate, 25.0% 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
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-07-10 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. Saldana Excavating And Aggregates 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 3
2018 1
2017 0
2016 1
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Saldana Portable Screen Plant sits in Benton 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.
Benton County, Minnesota · Population 41,458
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,480
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 Q1 1 1 0 1000000.0
2025 Q1 61 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 29 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 39 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 103 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 31 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 57 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 27 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 66 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 83 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 57 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 49 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 12 0 0 0.0

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.