Mining Incidents

Stripping crew Metal/Non-Metal

J. R. Ferche Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Jason R Ferche
Rice, Benton County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103493

Stripping crew has $4K 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 2006
31
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,283
proposed penalties
$4,283
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
24
inspections on record
201
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: 201 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stripping crew has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-14.
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 1,272 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,081 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,072 2 0 1865.7
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 965 1 0 1036.3
2024 Q2 958 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 752 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,164 2 0 924.2
2023 Q2 697 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,706 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,226 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,089 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 770 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,543 1 0 648.1
2021 Q2 928 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,526 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 504 2 0 3968.3
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,439 10 1 6949.3
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 458 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 223 1 0 4484.3
2018 Q2 295 1 0 3389.8
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 1,105 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 233 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,501 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,353 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,563 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,454 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 232 2 0 8620.7
2014 Q2 1,240 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 971 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,830 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,238 1 1 308.8
2012 Q1 854 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 512 4 1 7812.5
2007 Q1 198 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 146 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 428 1 0 2336.4
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 794 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 162 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 123 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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