(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Good normal operating conditions. Operations were slowed from option to work was offered. Employee was found unresponsive in an outhouse.
Buffalo SandsMetal/Nonmetal
Ramsey Hill Exploration · Surface
Controlled by Chris M Kusilek; Dianna J Kusilek
Hazen, Mercer County, ND · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3201082
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2024–2025
- Latest incident
- Sep 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2025 · 1 incident
2024 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The mine EE was making visual checks of the plant feed hopper and identified the belt was slipping, EE went to apply belt dressing. Sand had built up on the head pulley & EE attempted to scrape the sand off the pulley, EE's arm got caught in the belt & pulley. The miner was able to pull arm out. The results were skin abrasions, torn away flesh, & a fracture to the right wrist.