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Crusher: 75 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Roger Krause
Wahpeton, Richland County, ND  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200796

Crusher has $12K 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
2
Years on record
2007–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
75
citations
24
significant & substantial
$11,993
proposed penalties
$11,534
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $459 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Krause Bros Construction's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
40
inspections on record
550
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: 550 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 has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-06.
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.
32.0%
significant & substantial
14.7%
high negligence or reckless
32.0%
reasonably likely or greater
52.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.7% low, 78.7% moderate, 14.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2011-07-19.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2009-604M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $2K → $2K
CENT 2011-967M Settlement Lewis 2011 $971 → $512
CENT 2009-605M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-05-07
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1 0.12 Washer Operator
2003-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.93 0.23 Truck Driver
2003-08-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.42 0.18 Supervisor, Co. Official

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2014-08-19, 12 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2014-08-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
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. Krause Bros Construction 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 4
2020 3
2019 3
2018 4
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 4
2013 4
2012 5
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 5
2007 13
2006 0
2005 2
2004 2
2003 4
2002 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher sits in Richland County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Richland County, North Dakota · Population 16,550
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$72,524
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
2026 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 1,987 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,864 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,819 1 0 549.8
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,005 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,609 0 0 0.0
Show 87 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,202 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 1,494 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,175 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,323 7 2 3013.3
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,869 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,348 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,761 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,886 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,285 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,731 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,373 2 0 1456.7
2020 Q3 1,707 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,782 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,682 3 0 1783.6
2019 Q3 1,910 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,752 2 0 726.7
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1,432 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,055 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,922 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 2,063 2 0 969.5
2017 Q3 2,093 5 2 2388.9
2017 Q2 2,006 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,849 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,678 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,938 4 3 2064.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 2,284 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,782 3 1 1078.4
2015 Q2 2,753 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,537 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,943 4 1 1359.2
2014 Q2 2,601 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 2,520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,942 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,744 2 1 1146.8
2013 Q1 0 1 0
2012 Q4 2,125 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,853 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,768 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 718 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,991 3 0 1506.8
2011 Q3 2,429 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,408 4 1 1173.7
2011 Q1 71 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,741 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,155 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,402 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 752 1 0 1329.8
2009 Q3 1,790 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 820 2 1 2439.0
2009 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 563 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,889 3 0 1038.4
2008 Q2 873 5 2 5727.4
2008 Q1 29 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,925 1 0 519.5
2007 Q3 3,048 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,742 2 2 1148.1
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 217 6 4 27649.8
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 33 5 2 151515.2
2004 Q2 934 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 862 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 388 6 1 15463.9
2003 Q2 967 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,034 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

April 24, 2012 ND · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Krause Bros Construction · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 3/8" chain was fastened around a large rock that got jammed inside the jaw. The employees took out the slack and then he directed the loader operator to lift the rock out. As the rock was being lifted out the chain snapped and hit employee in the right side of the back. The impact knocked the wind out of him.

2007 · 1 incident

July 25, 2007 ND · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Krause Bros Construction · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving too fast and did not slow down properly for the embankment. He lost control. The box started bouncing around and went off the embankment which caused him to tip over causing the employee to bump his head. Employee was wearing seat belt at time of accident.