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: 293 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2011-08-24.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
CO1 has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $29 outstanding across 7 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$29
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $28K in penalties contested before the Commission, $19K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-03-18.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
20citations taken to the federal commission · 37% of citations on record
Settled
19 · 95%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 5%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$28K proposed, $19K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2015-12-28.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2009-03-05, 17 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-03-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2016-09-28, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2016-09-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
SF GENERAL
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
CO1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.
Injury rate, 2014
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In North Dakota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.61 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
6.03
6.03
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2018
5
2016
3
2015
5
2014
5
2013
4
2012
5
2011
8
2010
8
2009
2
2008
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CO1 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
2018 Q4
2,407
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
7,586
1
0
131.8
2018 Q2
2,433
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,366
2
0
594.2
2016 Q3
5,208
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,832
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
3,546
4
3
1128.0
Show 28 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3
5,011
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
6,845
1
0
146.1
2014 Q4
5,861
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
7,050
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
5,923
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
5,781
4
0
691.9
2013 Q4
2,105
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,773
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,001
1
0
249.9
2013 Q1
1,783
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2,769
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,548
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
5,780
3
0
519.0
2012 Q1
5,471
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
7,364
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,120
14
7
2287.6
2011 Q2
11,841
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
7,852
5
0
636.8
2010 Q4
8,733
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
5,214
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,864
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
2,940
8
4
2721.1
2009 Q4
1,537
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
2,190
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,659
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
843
3
0
3558.7
2008 Q4
103
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,505
6
0
3986.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2011 · 1 incident
October 18, 2011ND · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was standing around a skidsteer bucket visiting with other employees. Bucket became unbalanced and tipped over onto an Employees leg. Employee was taken to hospital with a broken leg/ankle.