Mining Incidents

Canyon Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

SRM Materials, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Michael Hollingshead
Canyon, St Louis County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103070

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
138
citations
30
significant & substantial
$24,249
proposed penalties
$21,689
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 3,800 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,048 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,444 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 334 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,182 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,490 3 0 1204.8
2024 Q1 793 1 0 1261.0
2023 Q4 1,178 0 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

4 on file

2026 · 1 incident

January 30, 2026 MN · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager POWERED HAULAGE
SRM Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

while changing the injectors on truck an employee accidently turned the key and the tip of and right middle finger was cut.

2019 · 1 incident

October 2, 2019 MN · Metal/Non-Metal IMPOUNDMENT
Duluth Ready Mix Inc · Accident type, without injuries

On Oct 2, 2019 we had a washout of a dike holding back our silt due to rain on Oct 1, 2019 and on Oct 2, 2019 with all the rain we had the 2 days on. Prior we had to shut down the wash plant at 15:00 on Oct 2, 2019. Sometime that evening/night the water level rose too high and started to run over bank, the rain continued and eventually washed out dike.

2008 · 1 incident

December 6, 2008 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Duluth Ready Mix Inc · Fall from machine

Climbing up ladder on front end loader, lost grip & fell backwards. Lower back injury.

2000 · 1 incident

September 26, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Duluth Ready Mix Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE SLIPPED/FELL WHILE GREASING A LOADER