Central Specialties, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was repositioning the spring under the shaker when it sprung and pinched EE's right thumb. The tip of the thumb was severed.
SAND SCREW: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Central Specialties, Inc.
· Surface
MSHA Mine ID: 2103326
SAND SCREW has $3K 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
- 2019
- Latest incident
- Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
20
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,624
proposed penalties
$2,624
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
17
inspections on record
119
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 119 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SAND SCREW has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.30.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
55.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2019-07-16, 7 years ago
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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.0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Respirable dust, <.1mg2
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-16 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2014-08-28 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2014-08-28 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.29 | 0.97 | 0.30 | Supervisor, Co. Official |
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
- Central Specialties, Inc. 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
SAND SCREW sits in Douglas County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Douglas County, Minnesota · Population 39,354
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$77,264
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q4 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 580 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 49180.3 |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 624 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 401 | 1 | 1 | 2493.8 |
| 2020 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 807 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 608 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 400 | 4 | 2 | 10000.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 142 | 1 | 0 | 7042.3 |
| 2016 Q3 | 459 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 495 | 1 | 0 | 2020.2 |
| 2016 Q1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,048 | 1 | 1 | 954.2 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 767 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,051 | 4 | 2 | 3805.9 |
| 2004 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 492 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 3,011 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.