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Plant 4 Metal/Non-Metal

Mark Sand & Gravel Co. · Surface

Controlled by Mark T Thorson

Fergus Falls, Cook County, MN · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 2102641

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2007–2009
Latest incident: Oct 2009

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2006

citations

significant & substantial

$94,554

proposed penalties

$73,306

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	0	0	0
2025 Q3	863	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	0	0	0
2024 Q3	969	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	0	0	0
2023 Q3	1,513	6	1	3965.6
2023 Q2	971	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	0	0	0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 1 incident

October 2, 2009 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer ELECTRICAL

Mark Sand & Gravel Co. · Contact with electrical current

Light rain was falling, standing water, wet equipment, electrical wiring was color coded incorrectly and wired wrong in the junction box, the ground lead was wired into the buss bar and caused the equipment frame to become energized. Employee set up a metal ladder to inspect equipment and received electrical shock.

2007 · 1 incident

August 18, 2007 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Mark Sand & Gravel Co. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE reported pain in his left shoulder muscle and felt numbness in his left arm and hand.