Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Don Loken Drainage Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Donald O Loken; Dallas D Loken
Owatonna,
Steele County,
MN
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103566
Wash Plant has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
65
citations
12
significant & substantial
$15,596
proposed penalties
$13,716
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,880 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
24
inspections on record
247
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.
Wash Plant has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$16K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$2
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 Q4 | 399 | 3 | 0 | 7518.8 |
| 2025 Q3 | 647 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 995 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 348 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 593 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 415 | 1 | 0 | 2409.6 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 676 | 1 | 0 | 1479.3 |
| 2023 Q2 | 393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 631 | 2 | 0 | 3169.6 |
| 2022 Q2 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 398 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 639 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 368 | 1 | 1 | 2717.4 |
| 2020 Q4 | 399 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 252 | 1 | 0 | 3968.3 |
| 2020 Q2 | 417 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 81 | 3 | 2 | 37037.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 216 | 5 | 0 | 23148.1 |
| 2016 Q3 | 294 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 488 | 4 | 0 | 8196.7 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 279 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 215 | 4 | 0 | 18604.7 |
| 2014 Q3 | 459 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 217 | 4 | 2 | 18433.2 |
| 2013 Q3 | 295 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 397 | 6 | 2 | 15113.4 |
| 2012 Q3 | 538 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 480 | 8 | 3 | 16666.7 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 662 | 9 | 0 | 13595.2 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 631 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 978 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,019 | 6 | 1 | 5888.1 |
| 2010 Q1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 573 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,702 | 3 | 1 | 1762.6 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,306 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 3,691 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 592 | 3 | 0 | 5067.6 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 413 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 815 | 1 | 0 | 1227.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 706 | 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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