Mining Incidents

Waseca Pit & Mill: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Waseca Sand & Gravel Inc · Surface
Controlled by Richard H Johnson
Waseca, Waseca County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2101794

Waseca Pit & Mill has $3K 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 2000
23
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,734
proposed penalties
$2,734
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
247
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: 247 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Waseca Pit & Mill has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-08-05.
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.
26.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
26.1%
reasonably likely or greater
43.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.3% low, 95.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Misgen'S Washed Sand & Gravel 1950 to 1979
  2. Waseca Sand & Gravel Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 2
2019 1
2018 2
2017 2
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 2
2012 1
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 0
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Waseca Pit & Mill sits in Waseca County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Waseca County, Minnesota · Population 18,958
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$75,052
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
2025 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 91 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 61 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 61 1 0 16393.4
2020 Q2 19 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 91 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 46 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 37 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 61 1 0 16393.4
2016 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 46 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 31 4 2 129032.3
2013 Q3 61 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 111 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 111 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 31 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 61 2 1 32786.9
2010 Q3 116 1 0 8620.7
2010 Q2 141 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 111 6 2 54054.1
2009 Q2 71 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 61 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 191 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 131 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 61 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 71 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 171 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 131 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 141 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 31 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 121 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 91 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 66 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 80 1 0 12500.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 140 1 0 7142.9
2000 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.