Mining Incidents

Lake Superior Green Metal/Non-Metal

Babbit, Lake County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103124

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
Sep 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,336
proposed penalties
$1,336
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 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 872 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 415 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 200 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

3 on file

2007 · 1 incident

September 10, 2007 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Cold Spring Granite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was turning on heater in the loader cab, he put his hand in to check how much air was moving and his fingers hit the fan, cutting his right middle and ring fingers, requiring sutures. No lost time.

2001 · 1 incident

December 11, 2001 MN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cold Spring Granite Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS QUARRY, SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HAND ON A SHARP STONE, CUTTING HIS RIGHT PALM. SUTURES REQUIRED.

2000 · 1 incident

July 9, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cold Spring Granite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WEDGING; WHEN HE GRABBED A WEDGE, A SLIVER WENT INTO HIS LEFT HAND. THIS COMPANY WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF INJURY UNTIL 7/28/00.