Mining Incidents

Washing Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Bovey, Itasca County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103191

Washing Plant has $4K 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
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
45
citations
12
significant & substantial
$4,369
proposed penalties
$4,369
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
34
inspections on record
221
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: 221 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Washing Plant has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-07-28.
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 Q4 1,444 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,867 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,073 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,301 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,892 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 828 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,254 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,734 1 1 576.7
2023 Q2 1,093 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,146 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,271 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,093 3 1 2744.7
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 699 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,502 2 0 1331.6
2021 Q2 1,264 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 889 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,483 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 787 1 0 1270.6
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 699 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,435 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 699 2 1 2861.2
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 699 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,384 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 574 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 355 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,223 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 285 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 1,174 2 1 1703.6
2016 Q2 953 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 329 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 658 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 346 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 718 9 4 12534.8
2014 Q3 909 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 899 1 0 1112.3
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 385 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 971 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,492 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,081 12 3 11100.8
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,432 1 0 698.3
2004 Q3 1,975 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,480 4 0 2702.7
2004 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,424 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,565 3 0 1169.6
2003 Q2 1,737 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,688 2 1 1184.8
2002 Q3 2,829 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,940 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,592 1 0 628.1
2001 Q3 1,918 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,284 1 0 778.8
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 914 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,866 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,958 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

October 28, 2025 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
William J Schwartz & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hit left thumb with hammer while performing equipment maintenance. Laceration to left thumb.

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