Mining Incidents

5 Star Plant #1: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

5 Star Contracting LLC · Surface
Controlled by Shane Truby
Williston, Williams County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200881

5 Star Plant #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $400 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
15
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,217
proposed penalties
$1,817
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $400 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
10
inspections on record
101
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 101 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

5 Star Plant #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $400 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$400
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-01-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
21.4%
significant & substantial
28.6%
high negligence or reckless
21.4%
reasonably likely or greater
14.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 71.4% moderate, 28.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. 5 Star Contracting LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 2
2012 3
2011 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

5 Star Plant #1 sits in Williams County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 15.6% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Williams County, North Dakota · Population 39,368
15.6%
Mining share of county employment
$90,224
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,245 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,320 3 1 2272.7
2013 Q1 620 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,129 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,882 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,880 2 1 694.4
2012 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4 540 1 0 1851.9
2011 Q3 516 1 0 1938.0
2011 Q2 2,167 1 0 461.5
2011 Q1 48 5 1 104166.7

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.