Mining Incidents

Telesmith Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Aaran Harold Leustek
Ely, St Louis County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103444

Telesmith Wash Plant has $16K 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 2008
61
citations
20
significant & substantial
$16,272
proposed penalties
$16,272
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
34
inspections on record
235
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: 235 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Telesmith Wash Plant has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-19.
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 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 136 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 587 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 294 1 0 3401.4
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 146 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 378 0 0 0.0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 605 4 0 6611.6
2022 Q2 18 1 0 55555.6
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 121 6 1 49586.8
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 295 3 3 10169.5
2019 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 146 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1 3 0 3000000.0
2017 Q3 207 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 121 2 0 16528.9
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1 2 2 2000000.0
2015 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 214 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 11 2 1 181818.2
2010 Q3 41 3 1 73170.7
2010 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 131 8 2 61068.7
2009 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 2 1
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 149 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 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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