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 Metal/Non-Metal
Central Specialties, Inc.
· Surface
Alexandria,
Douglas County,
MN
·
Intermittent
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
16
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
15
inspections on record
104
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: 104 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.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2024 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Reportable incidents
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