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Fisher Industries Plant 17: 47 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas G Fisher
Dickinson, Stark County, ND  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3901319

Fisher Industries Plant 17 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Years on record
1987–2020
Latest incident
May 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
10
significant & substantial
$8,129
proposed penalties
$7,994
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $135 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Fisher Sand & Gravel Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
681
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: 681 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 17 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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
47 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $912 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
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.
21.3%
significant & substantial
8.5%
high negligence or reckless
21.3%
reasonably likely or greater
63.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 91.5% moderate, 8.5% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 83%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 17%
33%
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%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $912 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 2024-11-03.
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 2010-515M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $425 → $425
CENT 2017-0035 Settlement McCarthy 2017 $299 → $228
CENT 2025-0025 Settlement Paez 2025 $294 → $147
CENT 2012-880M Settlement Simonton 2012 $176 → $112
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: 2026-07-20
8%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz131 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.63 1.37 1.19 Bulldozer Operator
2026-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2026-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.92 0.20 Lab Technician
2026-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.04 0.30 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2026-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.77 0.47 Lab Technician
2025-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 1 0.49 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.73 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2019-10-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.01 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.99 0.33 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.12 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-12-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-12-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.95 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-12-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.87 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-12-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.02 0.22 Laborer, Bullgang
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 17 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.

Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ 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 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In North Dakota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 0.97 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
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 6.95 6.95 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.
Ownership history
  1. Fisher Sand & Gravel Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 4
2024 4
2023 4
2022 5
2021 5
2020 5
2019 3
2018 5
2017 4
2016 3
2015 6
2014 3
2013 3
2012 4
2011 4
2010 4
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 12
2003 9
2002 10
2001 7
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fisher Industries Plant 17 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 2,843 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,990 1 0 502.5
2025 Q4 1,622 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,235 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,540 5 2 3246.8
2025 Q1 1,032 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,941 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 994 7 1 7042.3
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 686 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,368 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,380 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 716 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,686 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 641 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,465 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,692 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,661 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,263 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,071 1 1 482.9
2021 Q3 706 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,291 1 0 436.5
2021 Q1 448 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,719 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,366 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,169 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,437 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,765 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,102 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,536 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 153 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,727 1 0 366.7
2018 Q3 3,142 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,419 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 138 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,036 2 0 982.3
2017 Q3 2,377 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 970 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 701 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 750 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,188 4 0 3367.0
2016 Q2 2,528 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 997 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,413 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,730 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,331 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,839 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,269 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,652 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,216 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,575 1 0 634.9
2013 Q4 2,002 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,687 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,597 2 0 1252.3
2013 Q1 1,511 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,242 3 0 925.4
2012 Q3 2,598 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,834 1 0 260.8
2012 Q1 2,734 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,585 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,138 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,236 1 0 236.1
2011 Q1 252 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,214 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,399 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,869 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,869 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,376 1 1 296.2
2009 Q3 3,967 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,867 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 2,812 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,783 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,909 1 0 343.8
2008 Q1 1,997 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,734 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,471 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,147 1 0 241.1
2007 Q1 568 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,339 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,309 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,613 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 2,097 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,210 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,661 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,455 5 1 3436.4
2004 Q4 4,144 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,842 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,448 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 10,341 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,695 6 1 690.1
2003 Q3 2,025 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,168 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 8,841 2 2 226.2
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 9,964 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 10,282 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,061 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,706 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,926 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,905 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,074 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,138 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,900 1 1 256.4
2000 Q2 8,459 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 11,294 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

22 on file

2020 · 1 incident

2018 · 1 incident

2014 · 1 incident

January 13, 2014 ND · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was shoveling material off of deck of plant, injured right arm.

2012 · 1 incident

2011 · 1 incident

June 23, 2011 ND · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting spokane and hurt lower back.

2009 · 1 incident

November 3, 2009 ND · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE and his foreman were adjusting the drop point of the out conveyor about 6" so that the material would fall on the conveyor of the belt. The bucket of the skid steer slipped from conveyor & pinned EE ankle to the ground resulting in fracture lower left leg.

2001 · 1 incident

November 2, 2001 ND · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec ELECTRICAL
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING AN ELECTRICAL PANEL THOUGHT PWER WAS OFF BUT DID NOT TEST. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED FLASH BURNS ON RIGHT HAND.

2000 · 1 incident

June 15, 2000 ND · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND SIDE-STEPPED, FRACTURING HIS LEFT ANKLE. GROUND WAS UNLEVEL & EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FAST.

1998 · 2 incidents

July 12, 1998 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING THE DOZER THE OPERATOR HIT A RAVENE AND BIG BOULD. THIS BROUGHT THE MACHINE TO ANY ABRUPT HALT. THERE WAS TALL VEGATABTION GROWTH IN THE AREA.

April 27, 1998 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND ME TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

1995 · 4 incidents

September 18, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS AND STEPPED TO THE FRONT OF THE SCREENING PLANT USING THE CONVEYOR TO STAND ON SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

June 6, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FREE A WEDGED ROCK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TRAP BY POUNDING IT OUT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.

April 4, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMANT TRIPPED OVER SOME SAMPLE BAGS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO THROW OUT OF A SEMITRAILER DOOR. HE FELLOUT THE DOOR & INJURED HIS KNEE.

March 26, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHITE HAMMERING A SHAFT INTO A CONVEYOR THE EE PULLED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS RIGHT ARM.

1994 · 1 incident

August 16, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

EE FELL FROM TRAP WHEN GRABBING THE GUARD RAIL. GURAD RAL WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED., CAUSING EE TO FALL TO THE BELT.

1993 · 2 incidents

December 21, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

HELPING UNPLUG THE CONE CRUSHER-A ROCK FELL OFF OF THE CONVERYOR & LANDED ONHIS FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE.

March 11, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR FOR A LEVER WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE A TAIL PULLEY. HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH LEVERAGE AND WHEN THE PULLEY CAME BACK IT PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE FRAMEWORK AND BAR.

1992 · 1 incident

August 27, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING OUT THE CONE CRUSHER WITH A BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED. HE CAUGHT IT & FELT A POPPING SENSATION IN HIS SHOULDER.

1991 · 1 incident

March 26, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF A CONVEYOR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE TIRE AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

1990 · 2 incidents

November 26, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A IRON SHAFT DOWN A SET OF STAIRS OUT OF A VAN THE SHAFT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & LANDED ON THE INSTEP OF HIS FOOT

August 9, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE FEED OPENING ON THE TRAP GATE, WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGER UNDER THE CHAIN THAT HOLDS THE GATE OPEN. HIS PRY BAR SLIPPED AND THE GATE WENT DOWN AND MOMENTARILY PINNED HIS THUMB UNDER THE CHAIN.

1987 · 1 incident

June 29, 1987 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS JA7KING UP A BENT ROLLER GANG ON A CONVEYOR THE JACK SLIPPED OUT AND STRACK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.