Incident is still under investigation. Cause of death is unknown, awaiting autopsy report. The victim was working from an elevated location that was provided with handrails. He was using an 8 foot stepladder. While preparing to weld on an overhead vent pipe, he fell going over the handrail and landed on a railroad track 47 feet below.
Unimin Minnesota Corporation operator
Controlled by
S C R-Sibelco Nv
MSHA operator ID: L16439
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
108
citations
10
significant & substantial
$10,824
proposed penalties
$10,701
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $123 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,767
inspection hours
6.1
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.108 citations across 1,767 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$123
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 46 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 79 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 25 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 21 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 18 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2011
2
2010
11 (1f)
2009
9
2008
10
2007
4
2006
5
2005
14
2004
11
2003
14
2002
7
2001
17 (1f)
2000
10
1999
9
1998
8
1997
9
1996
20
1995
6
1994
5
1993
14
1992
3
1991
1
1990
5
1989
6
1988
3
1987
3
1986
1
1984
1
1983
2
Mines on record
- Ottawa Plant MN
- Kasota Plant MN
Fatalities under this operator
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