Stearns Aggregate-Portable Unit #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $586 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994–1996
Latest incident
May 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,617
proposed penalties
$1,031
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $586 gap.
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: 124 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Stearns Aggregate-Portable Unit #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $586 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
$1K
paid to date
$586
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-07.
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: 2009-06-10, 17 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Washer 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
2010
3
2009
3
2008
3
2007
3
2006
3
2005
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
3
2001
1
2000
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Stearns Aggregate-Portable Unit #1 sits in Stearns County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Stearns County, Minnesota · Population 159,358
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,447
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
2010 Q3
777
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
160
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
481
3
2
6237.0
2009 Q3
885
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
437
3
0
6865.0
2009 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
515
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3
570
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
351
1
0
2849.0
2008 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
508
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
906
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
1,134
1
0
881.8
2007 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
685
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,433
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
699
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
721
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,054
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
473
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
1,078
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,257
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
927
1
0
1078.7
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
895
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,314
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,496
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
1,808
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,481
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,220
1
0
819.7
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
551
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
764
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
358
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
409
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,175
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
724
5
1
6906.1
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
1996 · 1 incident
May 7, 1996MN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
OVERHEATED RADIATOR ON FRONT END LOADER. EE WAS GOING TO RELIEVE PRESSURE BY LOOSENING CAP. THE CAP CAME OFF SPRAYING HOT LIQUID ON HIS ARM. HE THEN FELL FROM LOADER AND BROKE HIS ANKLE.