Mining Incidents

Plant #36 Metal/Non-Metal

Sparta, Winona County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103143

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,345
proposed penalties
$1,345
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 1,126 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,428 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,120 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 701 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,514 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,818 0 0 0.0
2024 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

5 on file

2025 · 1 incident

2019 · 1 incident

2009 · 1 incident

2004 · 1 incident

May 10, 2004 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While attempting to fasten seeder to the three point hitch of the tractor the seeder dropped and wedged victims hand against the tractor arm. The incident at first blush was determined not to be reportable and then reconsidered.

2000 · 1 incident

April 24, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAS HAD TINGLING AND NUMBNESS OVER APPROX 3 MONTHS. HAS BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. ALSO SOME BURNING SENSATION.