Mining Incidents

Wash Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Douglas Omar
Duluth, St Louis County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103591

Wash Plant #1 has $7K 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 2007
50
citations
17
significant & substantial
$6,842
proposed penalties
$6,842
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
30
inspections on record
234
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: 234 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 $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q3 1,194 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,366 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 304 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,815 2 0 1101.9
2020 Q2 484 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,339 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,086 5 2 2396.9
2019 Q2 1,076 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1,275 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,949 4 2 2052.3
2018 Q2 1,105 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,104 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 510 6 1 11764.7
2017 Q2 1,197 1 0 835.4
2017 Q1 333 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,208 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,270 7 3 3083.7
2016 Q2 1,725 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 254 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,085 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,539 1 0 649.8
2014 Q3 1,653 1 0 605.0
2014 Q2 1,502 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 2,099 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,968 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,092 7 4 6410.3
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,198 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,251 1 0 799.4
2012 Q2 1,094 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,137 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,333 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,209 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,085 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,317 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 891 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,248 6 5 4807.7
2009 Q2 591 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 686 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,054 7 0 6641.4
2008 Q2 693 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q3 520 1 0 1923.1
2007 Q2 240 0 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.

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