Mining Incidents

Wash Plant: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dave L Saehr
Pierz, Morrison County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103366

Wash Plant has $690 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 2010
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$690
proposed penalties
$690
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
31
inspections on record
176
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: 176 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 has $690 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.
$690
proposed penalties
$690
current assessed
$690
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-11.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 60.0% low, 40.0% 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: 2011-08-11, 15 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-08-11 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.
Ownership history
  1. Saehr Backhoe & Gravel Inc. 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 1
2005 2
2004 2
2003 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wash Plant sits in Morrison County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Morrison County, Minnesota · Population 34,131
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,640
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 4 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 143 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 92 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 95 1 0 10526.3
2024 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 165 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 71 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 92 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 143 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 37 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 23 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 115 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 112 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 97 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 141 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 46 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 84 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5 1 0 200000.0
2010 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 195 3 1 15384.6
2010 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 188 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 61 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 194 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 152 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 326 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 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.