Mining Incidents

Smitty's-Ready Mix of Barnum Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bruce A Smith
Barnum, Carlton County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2104013

Smitty's-Ready Mix of Barnum Inc. has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
12
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,755
proposed penalties
$1,755
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
11
inspections on record
56
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: 56 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Smitty's-Ready Mix of Barnum Inc. has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-07.
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
2025 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 74 1 0 13513.5
2025 Q2 69 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 46 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 58 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 29 2 0 68965.5
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 72 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 73 1 0 13698.6
2022 Q2 39 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 72 8 1 111111.1

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.

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