Mining Incidents

Sterzinger Crushing Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tom M Sterzinger
TAUNTON, Lincoln County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2102848

Sterzinger Crushing Inc has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 2 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 2000
86
citations
10
significant & substantial
$11,636
proposed penalties
$10,913
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $723 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
436
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: 436 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sterzinger Crushing Inc has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 2 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-12.
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 Q3 1,885 4 2 2122.0
2025 Q2 1,389 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,808 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,395 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,820 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 1,889 3 0 1588.1
2023 Q2 1,917 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,038 4 0 1962.7
2022 Q2 1,098 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,539 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,618 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,286 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,836 1 0 544.7
2020 Q3 2,712 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,735 2 0 1152.7
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,254 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,162 6 1 2775.2
2019 Q2 1,372 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,424 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,846 1 0 541.7
2018 Q2 959 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 125 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,577 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,798 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,570 5 0 3184.7
2017 Q1 1,254 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,415 1 0 706.7
2016 Q3 1,851 2 0 1080.5
2016 Q2 1,504 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,117 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,582 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,824 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,755 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,182 4 0 3384.1
2014 Q3 2,285 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,974 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,716 1 0 368.2
2013 Q3 2,175 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,722 7 0 2571.6
2013 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,394 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,412 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,889 1 0 346.1
2012 Q1 846 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,091 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,332 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,139 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 994 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,113 3 1 1419.8
2010 Q3 3,024 6 2 1984.1
2010 Q2 2,542 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 701 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,044 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,661 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,113 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,288 3 0 2329.2
2008 Q3 2,168 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,772 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 87 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,860 2 0 1075.3
2007 Q3 2,222 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,679 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 390 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,759 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,522 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,343 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 317 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,311 1 0 762.8
2005 Q3 2,914 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,581 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,139 3 2 2633.9
2004 Q4 1,617 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,533 4 0 1579.2
2004 Q2 2,102 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,822 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,071 3 0 1448.6
2003 Q2 2,887 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 352 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,705 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,084 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,352 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 951 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,680 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,453 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,060 19 2 17924.5
2000 Q3 2,109 0 0 0.0

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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