Mining Incidents

Washplant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert Berttunen
Menahga, Wadena County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103164

Washplant has $3K 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 2001
25
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,986
proposed penalties
$2,986
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
33
inspections on record
194
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: 194 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Washplant has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-25.
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 539 1 0 1855.3
2025 Q3 654 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 418 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 498 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 558 2 0 3584.2
2024 Q2 571 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 510 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 629 1 0 1589.8
2023 Q2 206 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q3 724 1 0 1381.2
2022 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 393 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 382 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 348 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 657 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 384 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 331 1 0 3021.1
2019 Q3 872 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 656 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 323 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 814 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 443 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 507 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 648 3 1 4629.6
2017 Q2 533 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 496 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 392 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 503 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,030 1 0 970.9
2015 Q2 621 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 242 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 706 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 650 3 1 4615.4
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 462 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 348 3 0 8620.7
2013 Q2 191 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 281 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 481 3 0 6237.0
2012 Q2 502 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 222 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 322 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 276 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 436 1 1 2293.6
2010 Q3 690 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 397 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 424 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 657 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 434 2 1 4608.3
2009 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 166 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 524 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 462 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 182 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 223 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 158 1 0 6329.1
2007 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 371 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 211 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 886 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 395 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,010 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 528 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 738 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,265 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,368 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 552 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 849 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 748 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 435 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 873 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 444 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 618 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,118 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 710 2 0 2816.9
2001 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 442 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 845 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 732 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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