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St. Cloud East Pit 054 Kitcher: 41 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103522

St. Cloud East Pit 054 Kitcher has $6K 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
2009–2014
Latest incident
Oct 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
41
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,879
proposed penalties
$5,879
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cemstone Products Co.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
34
inspections on record
265
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: 265 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-09-13.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

St. Cloud East Pit 054 Kitcher has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-10-25.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
2.5%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 72.5% moderate, 2.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2022-11-08, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.95 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.11 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-10-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 2.11 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-10-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.27 2.9 0.44 Front-end Loader 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.
Ownership history
  1. Amcon Aggregates 2006 to 2016
  2. Cemstone Products Co. 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 4
2023 4
2022 4
2021 3
2020 5
2019 4
2018 5
2017 4
2016 3
2015 5
2014 5
2013 4
2012 5
2011 4
2010 4
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

St. Cloud East Pit 054 Kitcher sits in Benton 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.
Benton County, Minnesota · Population 41,458
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,480
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
2026 Q2 1,389 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,225 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,611 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,417 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,054 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,230 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,087 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,062 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,283 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,778 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,217 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 425 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,771 1 0 564.7
2022 Q3 2,315 1 0 432.0
2022 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,376 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 727 1 0 1375.5
2021 Q2 1,328 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,427 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,210 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,330 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 389 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,307 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,690 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,892 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,466 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,102 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,445 2 1 818.0
2018 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,432 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,050 6 3 2926.8
2017 Q2 1,385 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,202 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,008 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,061 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,219 4 1 3281.4
2015 Q2 682 1 0 1466.3
2015 Q1 268 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 919 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,680 2 0 746.3
2014 Q2 629 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 11 1 0 90909.1
2013 Q4 896 1 0 1116.1
2013 Q3 1,323 6 2 4535.1
2013 Q2 999 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 885 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,305 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,305 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,355 3 0 1273.9
2011 Q3 1,338 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,078 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 523 1 0 1912.0
2010 Q4 699 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 949 4 2 4215.0
2010 Q2 1,208 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 513 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 557 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 712 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 899 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 779 6 0 7702.2
2008 Q3 1,055 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,291 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,172 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,413 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,603 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,494 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 169 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 792 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,530 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,359 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

October 3, 2014 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amcon Aggregates · Over-exertion in lifting objects

was moving a hose by hand and "tweaked" back

September 19, 2014 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Amcon Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While operating skid loader bucket hit tire on portable crusher puncturing tire thereby blowing air which In turn blew sand into eyes of operator.

2009 · 1 incident

September 8, 2009 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Amcon Aggregates · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mild loss of hearing in left ear. Severe loss of hearing in right ear. EE operates aggregate crusher as needed and operates loader (with cab) balance of the day.