Fisher Industries Plant 13 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $407 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1987–2020
Latest incident
Nov 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
89
citations
15
significant & substantial
$13,476
proposed penalties
$12,807
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $669 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: 564 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fisher Industries Plant 13 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $407 outstanding across 7 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$407
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-24.
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.
14citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
10 · 71%
Stood as issued
1 · 7%
Vacated or withdrawn
3 · 21%
60%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 2025-05-07.
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: 2021-01-07, 5 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-01-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.83
0.74
1.12
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-01-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-08-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-08-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.89
1.22
0.73
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.
Fisher Industries Plant 13 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In North Dakota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 0.62 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
27.67
0.00
0.000
2008 *
7.50
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
13.23
6.62
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
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
2026
16
2025
15
2024
13
2023
10
2022
9
2021
10
2020
6
2019
6
2018
5
2017
5
2016
5
2015
6
2014
5
2013
4
2012
4
2011
4
2010
3
2009
7
2008
8
2007
10
2006
10
2005
7
2004
4
2003
2
2002
4
2001
2
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fisher Industries Plant 13 sits in Stark County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 9.5% 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.
Stark County, North Dakota · Population 33,116
9.5%
Mining share of county employment
$80,744
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
8,086
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
1,674
3
0
1792.1
2025 Q4
7,877
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
8,041
10
1
1243.6
2025 Q2
9,285
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,820
5
3
1773.0
2024 Q4
4,108
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,684
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
9,027
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
3,597
1
0
278.0
2023 Q4
6,750
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,767
2
0
722.8
2023 Q2
6,460
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,092
2
0
392.8
2022 Q4
4,942
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,510
5
1
907.4
2022 Q2
5,017
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
2,738
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
2,224
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
2,976
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
4,195
1
0
238.4
2021 Q1
4,692
1
0
213.1
2020 Q4
1,990
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
2,040
4
1
1960.8
2020 Q2
3,351
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
3,648
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,434
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,030
1
0
248.1
2019 Q2
3,113
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,328
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,567
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
581
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,189
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,050
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1,897
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,952
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,158
5
2
2317.0
2017 Q1
141
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
2,200
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1,634
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,351
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,599
6
1
3752.3
2015 Q4
379
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,305
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,389
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,965
2
1
1017.8
2014 Q4
2,345
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
2,538
3
1
1182.0
2014 Q2
3,519
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,735
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,419
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,028
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
384
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,445
4
0
1636.0
2012 Q4
2,969
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,827
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2,848
2
1
702.2
2012 Q1
2,992
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
959
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,817
1
0
146.7
2011 Q2
3,776
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
3,810
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
6,106
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
5,965
5
0
838.2
2009 Q3
4,680
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,347
9
0
1683.2
2009 Q1
5,690
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,795
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
6,454
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,496
1
0
153.9
2008 Q1
7,919
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
7,724
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
8,325
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,704
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
8,711
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
11,290
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
7,755
3
0
386.8
2006 Q2
5,240
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,942
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,208
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,208
4
0
950.6
2005 Q2
5,685
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
6,842
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
6,679
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,935
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
157
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
64
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
461
3
1
6507.6
2003 Q2
2,011
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
449
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,196
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,892
1
0
169.7
2002 Q2
413
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
59
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,750
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
870
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,345
4
1
2974.0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
2,484
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,405
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,159
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
21 on file
2020 · 1 incident
November 9, 2020ND · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crusher stopped working. Employee ran to stop plant. Ran and ducked under conveyor, lost balance, hard hat was knocked off and he cut head on inside of frame of conveyor belt. Stitches received.
EE was using water pump hose and it twisted so water was not reaching the tank. EE released the camlocks to adjust hose and scalding hot water escaped from the hose and gave him 2nd degree burns on his inner thigh.
March 23, 2009ND · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
He took gas can to fill pump; set gas can down and foot slipped. He caught himself by reaching out and left hand came in contact with hot muffler shield, resulting in an immediate burn on the left hand.
2006 · 2 incidents
December 13, 2006ND · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS LIFTING LID ON SPOKANE CRUSHER INSPECTION LID WAS ALREADY OPEN AND DOOR FELL CLOSED PINCHING HAND INSIDE. RIGHT HAND RING FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER BROKEN AND CUT OTHER 3 FINGERS, STITCH ES NEEDED.
1996 · 2 incidents
April 17, 1996SD · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CUTTING A SHUTE3OFF OF A WELD ON A CONVEYOR TAIL SECTION WHICH IS ABOUT 3 FEET OFF THE GROUND HE SLIPPED OFF WHILE TRY TO BREAK THE CUT SECTION FROM THE CONVEYOR
January 7, 1987SD · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS