Crusher #3 (portable) has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2015
Latest incident
Apr 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
59
citations
17
significant & substantial
$13,932
proposed penalties
$12,432
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,500 gap.
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: 416 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 #3 (portable) has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-03-28.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 100%
67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
23%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $5K 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 2010-07-30.
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: 2010-05-11, 16 years ago
40%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz52 over
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-03-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.45
1.35
2.56
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.94
1.19
1.63
Supervisor, Co. Official
2010-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1
0.15
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-03-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-03-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.09
1.15
0.95
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.79
1.16
0.68
Bulldozer Operator
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.
Crusher #3 (portable) recorded 8.45 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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.
8.45
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In North Dakota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.68 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
2007 *
8.45
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
9.48
9.48
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
2015
7
2014
5
2013
4
2012
4
2010
3
2009
5
2008
7
2007
8
2006
7
2005
8
2004
8
2003
6
2002
5
2001
4
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Crusher #3 (portable) sits in Burleigh County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Burleigh County, North Dakota · Population 98,986
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$84,948
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 Q4
174
3
1
17241.4
2015 Q3
410
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
6,782
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
743
1
0
1345.9
2014 Q4
261
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
2,481
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,200
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
6,114
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4
2,494
5
1
2004.8
2013 Q3
2,628
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,311
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
612
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
3,088
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
3,005
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,177
13
6
4091.9
2012 Q1
103
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
1
0
2010 Q2
10,382
1
0
96.3
2010 Q1
2,103
8
3
3804.1
2009 Q4
1,779
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
5,224
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,873
1
0
533.9
2009 Q1
1,479
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,426
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,565
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,637
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1,541
3
0
1946.8
2007 Q4
5,389
1
0
185.6
2007 Q3
6,246
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
6,882
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,149
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
749
1
1
1335.1
2006 Q3
6,850
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,745
6
1
774.7
2006 Q1
3,780
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
4,931
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,138
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
6,881
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,481
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,865
3
1
776.2
2004 Q3
6,995
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,561
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,373
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
7,267
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
7,704
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,122
2
0
326.7
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
3,613
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
9,450
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,120
4
1
653.6
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
4,580
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,988
4
1
1003.0
2001 Q2
1,876
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
2,698
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,529
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
740
1
1
1351.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2015 · 1 incident
April 3, 2015ND · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerMACHINERY
Injured employee was removing bolts from a belt frame on a crusher screen. He had his arm underneath the frame piece when the final bolt was removed the frame piece fell pinching his arm between the piece and the box. He went to the emergency room and was given a prescription and released back to full duty.
2007 · 1 incident
June 5, 2007ND · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantPOWERED HAULAGE
Cleaning sand from under conveyors w/ a telehandler. Employee turned to dump out the material in a pile. His right front dropped into a soft spot and the telehandler flipped over onto its side.
2003 · 1 incident
June 26, 2003ND · Metal/Non-Metaltruck driverOTHER
WHILE VISITING WITH THE SUPERVISOR, THE INJURED BELT FAINT, AND BECAME DISORIENTATED SUPERVISOR LAID HIM DOWN ON THE GROUND, LOOSENED HIS CLOTHING & COVERED HIM AMBULANCE WAS CALLED JUST TO BE SAFE. EE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL STAY OVERNIGHT- RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY FULL WORK STATUS RESTORED AS THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG
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