Mining Incidents

WP #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Holdingford, Stearns County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103540

WP #1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2021–2022
Latest incident
May 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
30
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,340
proposed penalties
$4,340
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
25
inspections on record
286
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: 286 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WP #1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
29 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-13.
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 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 486 1 0 2057.6
2024 Q3 591 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 595 2 0 3361.3
2023 Q3 1,196 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 386 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,062 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,164 1 0 859.1
2022 Q2 1,396 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 671 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,287 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,810 1 0 355.9
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,520 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,096 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,823 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,465 5 3 3413.0
2019 Q3 1,673 1 0 597.7
2019 Q2 1,046 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,747 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,146 2 0 635.7
2018 Q2 2,085 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 743 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,594 3 1 1882.1
2017 Q2 494 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,014 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,589 1 0 629.3
2016 Q2 1,051 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,744 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,260 2 0 1587.3
2015 Q2 1,798 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 809 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,237 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,886 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,233 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,629 1 0 613.9
2013 Q2 1,155 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 273 3 1 10989.0
2012 Q3 1,114 1 0 897.7
2012 Q2 2,548 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,391 2 2 1437.8
2011 Q2 1,036 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,242 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,027 2 2 1947.4
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 173 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 469 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 667 2 0 2998.5
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 258 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 262 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,966 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 511 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,059 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 591 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2022 · 1 incident

May 23, 2022 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Wm D Scepaniak, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

When lowing the conveyer, they pulled the pins and it was said that everyone was clear, and this was acknowledged by everyone in the area. However, where EE thought EE's hand was safe was not, and the conveyer was lowered onto EE's left hand. Hand was broken by this.

2021 · 1 incident

April 18, 2021 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wm D Scepaniak, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Pulling / lifting a screen for the screen box. When EE pulled up on the screen, EE felt a sharp pain in the midsection, like EE pulled a muscle.

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