Mining Incidents

Don Dvorak Gravel Inc: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Don Dvorak Gravel Inc · Surface
Controlled by Scott Dvorak; Rick Lee
Lankin, Walsh County, ND  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200423

Don Dvorak Gravel Inc has $8K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
21
citations
5
significant & substantial
$7,861
proposed penalties
$7,861
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
36
inspections on record
390
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: 390 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: 2012-10-24.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Don Dvorak Gravel Inc has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-05.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
25.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 55.0% moderate, 25.0% 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: 2003-08-27, 23 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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.
Ownership history
  1. Dvorak Pit & Plant 1950 to 2014
  2. Don Dvorak Gravel Inc 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 1
2003 1
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Don Dvorak Gravel Inc sits in Walsh County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Walsh County, North Dakota · Population 10,488
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$69,976
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 365 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 263 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 508 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 518 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 569 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 523 1 0 1912.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 227 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 623 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 348 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 251 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 140 1 0 7142.9
2021 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 410 1 0 2439.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 662 4 1 6042.3
2020 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 148 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 498 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 305 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 380 1 0 2631.6
2017 Q2 250 1 0 4000.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 394 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 425 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 158 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 502 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 550 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 210 4 3 19047.6
2012 Q3 401 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 340 2 0 5882.4
2011 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 452 1 0 2212.4
2011 Q2 321 2 1 6230.5
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 254 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 505 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 273 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 482 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 295 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 200 1 0 5000.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 200 2 0 10000.0
2003 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.