Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Fall from piled material
Hand splitting blocks. Block tipped and slid down block ankle caught on rocks and rolled. Sprained right ankle.
L-231 Metal/Non-Metal
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Jacob Barkley
Ely,
Lake County,
MN
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2103882
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2018–2022
- Latest incident
- May 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
51
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,540
proposed penalties
$7,367
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 | 1,852 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,402 | 2 | 0 | 1426.5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,312 | 2 | 0 | 865.1 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,088 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,696 | 2 | 1 | 1179.2 |
| 2023 Q4 | 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 file2022 · 1 incident
2021 · 1 incident
July 26, 2021
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Went to take wrench of the steel, co-worker hit the lever to tighten the steel not knowing hand or finger was still in there and finger got stuck between the wrench and the rock. Worker developed soreness and started getting worse and worse on the drive home. Was taking the wrench off the steel for the DTH Drill. 2 Fingers got smashed, fractured.
2018 · 2 incidents
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Struck by flying object
Employee was monitoring the water bag and the movement of the loafs when the water bag burst and water hit EE's face. Causing minor eye abrasions.
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was operating a rock splitter when the splitter got stuck in the rock. The employee then attempted to put a pipe wrench between the splitter and the rock, Getting middle and ring fingers smashed between the wrench and the rock.