Mining Incidents

Swanson Crushing: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ralph Swanson Company · Surface
Controlled by Peter F Swanson
Ely, St Louis County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103304

Swanson Crushing has $966 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 2011
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$966
proposed penalties
$966
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
29
inspections on record
166
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: 166 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Swanson Crushing has $966 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.
$966
proposed penalties
$966
current assessed
$966
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-17.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
14.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 14.3% none, 57.1% low, 28.6% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Ralph Swanson Company 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1
2023 0
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 0
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 0
2002 0
2001 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Swanson Crushing sits in St. Louis County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
St. Louis County, Minnesota · Population 200,056
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$69,455
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 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 87 0 0 0.0
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 1 0
2023 Q2 62 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 55 1 0 18181.8
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 26 1 1 38461.5
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 42 1 0 23809.5
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 66 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 1 0
2014 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 98 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 105 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 22 1 0 45454.5
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 62 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 26 1 0 38461.5
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 34 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 29 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 26 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 37 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 137 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.