K3, Blue Earth County, Minnesota: 46 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
K3 is an intermittent dimension stone surface mine in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, operated by Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc with 6 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2103847). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 46 citations and orders there with $17,156 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2103847
- Status
- Intermittent since August 13, 2024
- Main commodity
- Dimension stone
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Blue Earth County, Minnesota
- Nearest town
- Mankato
- Operator
- Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc
- Employees
- 6
- MSHA field office
- Fort Dodge IA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 46
- Significant and substantial
- 4 (8.7%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 6
- Proposed penalties
- $17,156
- Amount paid so far
- $17,156
- Inspections
- 15
- Inspector hours on site
- 98
- Citations per inspection
- 3.07 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- March 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 | 21 | 3 | $7,221 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | $3,118 | 0 |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | $2,037 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | $4,780 | 0 |
Standards cited most at K3
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 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 50.20 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 50.20-1 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14211 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.3200 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14205 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.13021 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14200 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at K3
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 K3 describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at K3
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Front-end loader | 1 |
Other open mines in Blue Earth County, Minnesota
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WLC-1 | W Lorentz & Sons Construction, Inc. | Blue Earth County, MN | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 20 |
| Cedar Rapids MVP-380 Crusher | R&e Enterprises of Mankato, Inc. | Blue Earth County, MN | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 10 |
| Plant 2 | Holtmeier Construction Inc | Blue Earth County, MN | Crushed, broken limestone | 2 | 10 |
| Cedar Rapids Crusher | R&e Enterprises of Mankato, Inc. | Blue Earth County, MN | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 7 |
| Rdo Screener | R&e Enterprises of Mankato, Inc. | Blue Earth County, MN | Crushed, broken limestone | 1 | 7 |
| Vetter Mine | Vetter Stone Company | Blue Earth County, MN | Dimension limestone | 43 | 5 |
| Plant 3 | Holtmeier Construction Inc | Blue Earth County, MN | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 5 |
| MN Portable #10 | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Blue Earth County, MN | Crushed, broken limestone | 2 | 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.