TELSMITH #1: 11 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
TELSMITH #1 has $2K 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
- 4
- Years on record
- 1993–1999
- Latest incident
- Apr 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
significant & substantial
$1,834
proposed penalties
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 47 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
TELSMITH #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-09-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
27.3%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
63.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 81.8% moderate, 9.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2001-07-26, 25 years ago
Most sampled contaminants
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
| Date |
Contaminant |
Concentration |
Limit |
Conc / limit |
Occupation |
| 2001-07-26 |
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz |
0.31 |
0.42 |
0.74 |
Front-end Loader 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.
Ownership history
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Premier Aggregates Inc
1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2001 |
13 |
| 2000 |
8 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
TELSMITH #1 sits in St. Louis County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 2.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
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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 |
| 2001 Q4 |
1,469 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 |
4,262 |
10 |
2 |
2346.3 |
| 2001 Q2 |
5,069 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 |
817 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 |
2,612 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
4,567 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
5,182 |
1 |
1 |
193.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
1999 · 1 incident
April 12, 1999
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE INJURED BROKE HIS ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE FIRST RUNG OF THE JAW CRUSHER LADDER. THE GROUND WAS LEVEL AND DRY, THE FIRST STEP WAS APPROX 14" OFF THE GROUND. HE STEPPED WITH BOTH HANDS ON THE RAIL AND BEGAN TO CLIMB. HIS LEFT ANKLE TURNED AS HE STEPPED TO NEXT RUNG. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN L ANKLE & LOST GRIP, FALLING BACKWARD TO GROUND. NO INJURY WAS SUSTAINED FROM FALL.
1995 · 1 incident
October 26, 1995
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Premier Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK WHICH WAS BRIDGED AT THE OPENING OF THE JAW CRUSHER. HIS HAND BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE OPENING CROSS BRACE AND THE ANCHORED CHAIN OF THE ROCK GUARD. LEFT HAND WAS BRUISED AND CUT BETWEEN THE 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
1994 · 1 incident
October 26, 1994
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Premier Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object
INJURED REPORTING TO WORK AT PREMIER AGGREGATES CRUSHER LOCATED ON NATIONAL STEEL PELLET CO. PROPERTY. HE WAS DRIVING HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE WHICH WAS HIT BY A NATIONAL STEEL PICKUP DRIVEN BY O NE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES. EE WAS TAKEN TO MEDICAL CENTER IN HIBBING, BY AMBULANCE. HIS LEFT SIDE AND SHOULDER WERE BADLY BRUISED BUT HE HAD NOT BROKEN BONES. DR TOLD HIM TO STAY HOME FOR 4-5 D
1993 · 1 incident
March 18, 1993
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Premier Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object
OPERATING LOADER PRODUCING ROAD ROCK. WHILE BAC KING UP HE RAN OVER A ROCK WHICH APPARENTLY HAD ROLLED UNDER THE R REAR TIRE WHILE HE WAS DIGGING INTO THE BANK OF ROCK MATERIAL. IMPACT TOSSED HIM AROUND IN THE CAB, CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE THE R WINDOW WITH HIS HEAD & UPPER BACK. WINDOW WAS BROKEN BY HIS HEAD. HE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT, HE WAS DIZZY, BUT NOT UNCONSCIOUS. TREATED,RELEA