Mining Incidents

Berger Enterprises: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Berger Enterprises · Surface
Controlled by Lavern Berger
Oberon, Benson County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200858

Berger Enterprises has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Jul 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
16
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,220
proposed penalties
$4,220
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
4
inspections on record
85
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: 85 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Berger Enterprises has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-04-13.
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.
37.5%
significant & substantial
12.5%
high negligence or reckless
37.5%
reasonably likely or greater
43.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.2% low, 81.2% moderate, 12.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Berger Enterprises 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 0
2011 4
2010 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Berger Enterprises sits in Benson County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Benson County, North Dakota · Population 5,861
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,049
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
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,934 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,222 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,630 3 1 1840.5
2011 Q1 968 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4 6,155 13 5 2112.1
2010 Q3 7,255 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,210 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

July 14, 2010 ND · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Berger Enterprises · Struck against a moving object

Co-worker was loading the off road truck that EE was driving. The rocks dumped into the off road truck caused a jolt which threw EE from his seat. When he landed, he crushed his right genital.