Mining Incidents

Crusher #1: 61 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

H & K Construction · Surface
Ross, Mountrail County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200749

Crusher #1 has $10K 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
2012
Latest incident
Jun 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
61
citations
20
significant & substantial
$9,961
proposed penalties
$9,961
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
27
inspections on record
370
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: 370 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher #1 has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-31.
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.
32.8%
significant & substantial
11.5%
high negligence or reckless
32.8%
reasonably likely or greater
39.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.6% none, 0.0% low, 86.9% moderate, 11.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2010-01-13, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-01-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 1.51 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-01-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.78 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2004-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.8 0.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Ownership history
  1. H & K Inc 1997 to 2010
  2. H & K Construction 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 0
2014 1
2013 4
2012 9
2011 8
2010 7
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher #1 sits in Mountrail County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 9.9% 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.
Mountrail County, North Dakota · Population 9,567
9.9%
Mining share of county employment
$81,292
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
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 308 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 904 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,675 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 2,207 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,471 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 1 0
2012 Q3 4,552 1 1 219.7
2012 Q2 8,420 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,054 2 0 493.3
2011 Q4 7,280 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,929 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,111 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,061 11 7 5337.2
2010 Q4 3,710 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,711 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,660 1 0 602.4
2010 Q1 1,600 5 3 3125.0
2009 Q4 1,362 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 428 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 896 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 608 1 0 1644.7
2008 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 775 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 352 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 528 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 640 1 0 1562.5
2006 Q2 126 19 3 150793.7
2006 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 680 6 3 8823.5
2005 Q2 854 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,048 4 0 3816.8
2004 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 256 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 960 3 2 3125.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 656 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 432 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 576 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 84 2 0 23809.5
2001 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 460 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 432 4 1 9259.3
2000 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

June 27, 2012 ND · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H & K Construction · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was trying to unplug the crusher from two oversized rock that would not go through and when he tried moving it out of the way, it rolled back and smashed his hand between two rocks. He injured suffered a contusion to his left hand.