Wash Plant #1 has $500 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$500
proposed penalties
$500
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
23
inspections on record
122
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: 122 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wash Plant #1 has $500 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.
$500
proposed penalties
$500
current assessed
$500
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-09-06.
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.
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: 2025-10-07
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-10-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
1
2025
1
2018
0
2017
0
2016
1
2015
1
2014
1
2013
2
2012
1
2011
2
2010
1
2009
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
3
2005
2
2004
3
2003
3
2002
3
2001
2
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wash Plant #1 sits in Carlton County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Carlton County, Minnesota · Population 36,457
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$80,042
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
100
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
0
0
0
2025 Q4
0
0
0
2025 Q3
305
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
200
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q2
32
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q3
40
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q1
40
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
20
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
348
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
150
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
105
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
351
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
726
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
557
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
240
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
575
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
795
1
1
1257.9
2012 Q2
524
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
258
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
660
3
0
4545.5
2011 Q2
262
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
121
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
162
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
136
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
16
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
656
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
937
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
104
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
1,032
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,375
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
709
1
0
1410.4
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
1,102
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,058
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
654
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
1,042
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,414
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,253
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,550
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
2,362
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,042
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
1,298
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,849
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,559
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
240
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,454
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,676
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,436
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,098
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,966
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,416
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
200
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
716
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
862
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,100
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
50
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
915
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,589
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,316
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
200
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
July 1, 1988MN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorFatality · ELECTRICAL