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Universal Crusher: 65 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Brad Haugen
Albert Lea, Freeborn County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2102981

Universal Crusher has $8K 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
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
65
citations
15
significant & substantial
$7,806
proposed penalties
$7,806
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Crushing Unlimited, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
371
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: 371 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Universal Crusher has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-09-13.
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.
23.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.4%
reasonably likely or greater
67.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.8% low, 92.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ 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)
ⓘ 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: 2009-11-04, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.8 0.15 Utility Man
2003-10-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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
  1. H/D Goebel Inc 1988 to 1994
  2. Crushing Unlimited, Inc. 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 2
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 1
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Universal Crusher sits in Freeborn County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Freeborn County, Minnesota · Population 30,752
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,012
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
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 2 0
2017 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 354 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 101 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 388 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 237 2 0 8438.8
2014 Q3 1,509 4 0 2650.8
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 463 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,827 3 2 1642.0
2013 Q2 357 2 1 5602.2
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 883 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,093 5 1 4574.6
2012 Q2 1,135 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,204 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,721 10 3 5810.6
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 711 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,351 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,269 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 911 8 1 8781.6
2009 Q3 1,434 6 3 4184.1
2009 Q2 957 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,400 3 2 2142.9
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,500 4 1 2666.7
2007 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,160 2 0 1724.1
2006 Q2 754 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 580 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 625 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 829 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 549 5 1 9107.5
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q3 688 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,032 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 900 2 0 2222.2
2003 Q3 1,300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,280 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,018 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 630 1 0 1587.3
2001 Q4 1,054 2 0 1897.5
2001 Q3 1,004 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 811 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 593 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,089 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,183 4 0 3381.2
2000 Q2 1,241 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 836 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

April 24, 1989 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H/D Goebel Inc · Struck by falling object

CONVEYOR - PIECE OF STEEL FELL WHILE REPAIRING AND BROKE THREE FINGERS.