Mining Incidents

Smith Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Neil Sing
Litchfield, Meeker County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2102525

Smith Pit has $355 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
3
Years on record
1987–2003
Latest incident
Jun 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
5
citations
2
significant & substantial
$355
proposed penalties
$355
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
75
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: 75 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Smith Pit has $355 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.
$355
proposed penalties
$355
current assessed
$355
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-11-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q2 2,415 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 597 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,185 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,016 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,781 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,951 1 0 512.6
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q3 3,815 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,181 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,814 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,802 1 0 356.9
2003 Q2 2,277 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,880 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,062 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,794 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,006 3 2 1495.5
2001 Q2 1,478 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,129 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,391 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,599 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

June 16, 2003 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fairway Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS POUNDING A PIN IN ON STACKER WHEELS WHEN HE MISSED THE PIN AND HIT THE MIDDLE KNUCKLE OF HIS LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND. HE BROKE HIS FINGER.

1989 · 1 incident

October 9, 1989 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fairway Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE CRUSHER TRAP THE CHAIN SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK HIT THE GRAVEL & CAUSED SAND & DUST INTO HIS EYES

1987 · 1 incident

June 18, 1987 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairway Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME & THREE 2THER EMPLOYEES WSERE INSTALLING ANEW BELT ON A CONVEYOR HE STARTED TO SEEA CHIROPRACTOR ON 062087 BUT DIDNT MISS ANY WORK UNTIUL 072387 & CONTINUED TO MISS 1|8DAYS OF WORK UNT IL HE RETURNED 2N 082687

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The full compliance file on Smith Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.