Mining Incidents

Dokken Construction, Inc.: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bruce Alan Dokken
Towner, Mchenry County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200828

Dokken Construction, Inc. has $10K 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
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Jun 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
23
citations
7
significant & substantial
$9,636
proposed penalties
$7,356
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,280 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
15
inspections on record
209
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: 209 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dokken Construction, Inc. has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-10-18.
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.
30.4%
significant & substantial
17.4%
high negligence or reckless
30.4%
reasonably likely or greater
52.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.3% low, 78.3% moderate, 17.4% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $6K 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 2008-04-03.
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 2008-141M Settlement Barbour 2008 $3K → $2K
CENT 2008-316M Settlement Manning 2008 $3K → $2K
CENT 2008-12M Settlement Lesnick 2008 $2K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Dokken Construction, Inc. 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 0
2024 0
2023 0
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 4
2009 3
2008 0
2007 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dokken Construction, Inc. sits in McHenry County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
McHenry County, North Dakota · Population 5,264
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$80,614
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
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 80 2 0 25000.0
2016 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 220 1 0 4545.5
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 209 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 185 1 0 5405.4
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 180 1 0 5555.6
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 156 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 180 1 0 5555.6
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 270 2 2 7407.4
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 220 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 680 9 5 13235.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

June 18, 2012 ND · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dokken Construction, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing gears from screen when separating gear slipped and cut fingers.