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Center Coal Company Coal

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

Center Coal Company has $7K 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
6
Years on record
1996–2013
Latest incident
Feb 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
52
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,168
proposed penalties
$7,168
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
1,136
inspection hours
4.6
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.
52 citations across 1,136 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Center Coal Company has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Center Coal Company shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.05 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 66 samples.

Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
ⓘ Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.05
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.33
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
66
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-02-04.
Noise
0%
over PEL
68
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-02-04.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
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
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,751 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 94 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 572 2 0 3496.5
2023 Q1 1,456 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,364 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 147 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 621 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,405 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,245 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 188 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 373 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,438 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,315 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 157 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 508 1 0 1968.5
2020 Q1 1,617 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,045 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 103 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 531 1 0 1883.2
2019 Q1 1,721 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,197 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 378 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 416 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,840 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,605 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 225 2 0 8888.9
2017 Q2 517 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,770 2 0 1129.9
2016 Q4 777 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 345 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,768 1 0 565.6
2016 Q1 1,792 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,770 1 0 565.0
2015 Q3 397 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 639 1 0 1564.9
2015 Q1 2,284 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,928 3 0 1556.0
2014 Q3 425 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,166 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,493 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,252 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 413 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 989 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,501 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,973 3 2 1520.5
2012 Q3 233 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 540 1 0 1851.9
2012 Q1 2,506 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,602 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 275 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,173 1 0 852.5
2011 Q1 2,916 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,269 1 0 440.7
2010 Q3 634 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 685 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,630 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,160 1 0 463.0
2009 Q3 401 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,047 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,018 3 2 994.0
2008 Q4 2,228 2 2 897.7
2008 Q3 118 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 502 3 0 5976.1
2008 Q1 1,993 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,066 1 1 484.0
2007 Q3 920 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,553 2 2 1287.8
2007 Q1 4,023 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,670 1 0 272.5
2006 Q3 1,876 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,307 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,672 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,360 2 0 847.5
2005 Q3 1,292 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,045 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,003 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,603 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 381 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 401 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,722 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,455 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 68 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 216 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,842 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,525 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 60 9 1 150000.0
2002 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,852 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,459 2 0 1370.8
2001 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 339 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,118 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,403 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 470 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 354 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,216 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 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
Center Coal Co-Div/General Industries Inc · Fall from machine

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.

1996 · 1 incident

September 4, 1996 ND · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Schulte Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DEFROSTING THE REFRIDGE AND USED AKNIFE TO CHIP ICE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED THROUGH HER HAND CUTTING THE SMALL AND RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

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