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Elk River South Pit: 1 MSHA citation
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Elk River South Pit is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in Sherburne County, Minnesota, operated by Barton Sand & Gravel with 5 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2101218). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 1 citation and orders there with $143 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2101218
- Status
- Intermittent since February 25, 2019
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Sherburne County, Minnesota
- Nearest town
- Elk River
- Operator
- Barton Sand & Gravel
- Parent company
- Martin Marietta Materials Inc
- Employees
- 5
- MSHA field office
- Duluth MN Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 1
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $143
- Amount paid so far
- $143
- Inspections
- 5
- Inspector hours on site
- 35
- Citations per inspection
- 0.20 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- February 12, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $143 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Elk River South Pit
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Elk River South Pit
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Elk River South Pit describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Stepping or kneeling on object | 1 |
Other open mines in Sherburne County, Minnesota
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amrize Elk River Plant | Amrize Mid-America Inc. | Sherburne County, MN | Construction sand and gravel | 18 | 11 |
| Wash Plant #1 | Miller Sand & Gravel, Inc. | Sherburne County, MN | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 11 |
| Elk River Pit | C S Mc Crossan Construction Inc | Sherburne County, MN | Sand, industrial | 2 | 1 |
| MN Portable #8 | Barton Sand & Gravel | Sherburne County, MN | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 0 |
| MN Portable #4 | Barton Sand & Gravel | Sherburne County, MN | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.