Mining Incidents

Center Coal Company Coal

Controlled by Glenn Baranko
Center, Oliver County, ND  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3200727

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2005–2013
Latest incident
Feb 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
52
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,168
proposed penalties
$7,168
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 374 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 112 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 761 1 0 1314.1
2025 Q1 1,759 2 1 1137.0
2024 Q4 1,749 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 177 3 0 16949.2
2024 Q2 754 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,402 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

5 on file

2013 · 1 incident

February 14, 2013 ND · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Center Coal Co-Div/General Industries Inc · Flash burns (electric)

Faulty fuse disconnect of the air compressor. Worker opened up the disconnect and removed the fuses. While hooking up the ground wire his wrench accidentally touched the top side of fuse holder causing an arc flash and caused 2nd degree burn to left hand. Worker said the fuse holder should have been de-energized because he had removed the fuses. Worker was not wearing gloves.

2009 · 1 incident

March 16, 2009 ND · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Center Coal Co-Div/General Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cleaning out secondary crusher, when cleared paddle turned pinching worker.

2007 · 2 incidents

January 13, 2007 ND · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Center Coal Co-Div/General Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cleaning a screen, using a steel bar to chop build-up off of the screen, he pulled a muscle in his right shoulder.

January 8, 2007 ND · Coal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
Center Coal Co-Div/General Industries Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Customer came to the facility to pick up lump coal. He backed his vehicle to the lump pile. Our loader operator noticed no activity by the pile and called into the office to have some one check it out. Customer was on the ground and unresponsive with no pulse. Called 911. EMT arrived with AED and took over, then tranported customer to Med Center in Bismarck, ND.

2005 · 1 incident

December 14, 2005 ND · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Employee climbed onto 48" x 60" feed conveyor to check bearings on idle roller. He knelt down on the conveyor frame then onto the belt to reach over to check a bearing. The belt twisted under his weight and since he failed to put on fall proctection and lifeline, he fell 10' to the ground, breaking his right elbow, 3 ribs and puncturing his lung. No equipment damage.