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: 51 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Springfield Pit has $508 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.
$508
proposed penalties
$508
current assessed
$508
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-06-07.
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.
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: 2010-06-08, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
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Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-06-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-06-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.1
0.14
Bulldozer 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2013
1
2012
1
2011
1
2010
4
2009
4
2008
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Springfield Pit sits in Brown 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.
Brown County, Minnesota · Population 25,826
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,690
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
2013 Q4
2
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4
2
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,531
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,143
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,100
3
2
2727.3
2010 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,549
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,379
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,512
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
151
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2009 · 1 incident
September 21, 2009MN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The operator was dismounting his articulated dump truck after cleaning his mirrors/windows and had window cleaner bottle in one hand and a rag in the other. As he came down the steps, his muddy boots caused him to slip and fall to the ground as his hands were occupied with the items he was carrying. Cracked pelvis.