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: 373 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Warroad Plant has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $19K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-15.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$22K proposed, $13K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-03-07.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2016-06-29, 10 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2016-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-11-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.84
2.09
0.40
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
2.8
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
0.93
0.48
Backhoe Operator
2002-09-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.25
0.21
Utility Man
2002-09-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-09-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.88
0.31
Backhoe Operator
2002-09-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.73
0.16
Truck Driver
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
0
2025
0
2024
2
2023
2
2022
0
2021
0
2020
2
2019
2
2018
2
2017
1
2016
1
2015
4
2014
2
2013
2
2012
3
2011
0
2010
2
2009
1
2008
1
2007
2
2006
2
2005
3
2004
4
2003
2
2002
4
2001
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Warroad Plant sits in Lake of the Woods 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.
Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota · Population 3,800
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,091
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 Q2
0
0
0
2026 Q1
0
0
0
2025 Q4
0
0
0
2025 Q3
0
0
0
2025 Q2
0
0
0
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
516
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
738
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,214
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
492
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
3,059
2
0
653.8
2023 Q3
224
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
801
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
450
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
0
2
0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
327
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,355
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,390
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
1,145
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
443
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,362
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
3,030
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
520
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,021
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
440
1
0
2272.7
2017 Q3
143
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
458
1
0
2183.4
2017 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
448
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
576
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
673
4
2
5943.5
2016 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
720
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,074
5
1
2410.8
2015 Q2
3,534
2
2
565.9
2015 Q1
500
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
728
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
786
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
565
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
480
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
802
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,747
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,568
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
399
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,670
1
0
598.8
2012 Q2
3,392
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q3
0
2
0
2011 Q2
435
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
2,966
1
0
337.2
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
42
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
833
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
307
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
297
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
606
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,328
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
843
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,503
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
934
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
943
1
0
1060.4
2006 Q3
1,784
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,026
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
2,320
1
0
431.0
2005 Q3
2,279
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,377
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,620
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,787
3
3
792.2
2004 Q3
3,076
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,461
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
1,895
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,523
1
1
396.4
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
1,421
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
3,656
4
0
1094.1
2002 Q2
1,116
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
103
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,623
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,984
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,423
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2020 · 1 incident
August 7, 2020MN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was shoveling underneath a conveyor and EE got a sore back. EE rested over the weekend and Axiom Medical suggested a clinic visit on Monday. EE was then prescribed muscle relaxers.
2016 · 1 incident
April 19, 2016MN · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Injured employee was walking by an area where other employees were doing a belt splice. A metal fragment flew out from the ginding and entered the injured employee's eye.