Fisher Industries Plant 24 has $7K 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
5
Years on record
1993–2012
Latest incident
Sep 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
35
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,679
proposed penalties
$6,679
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 333 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 24 has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $328 in penalties contested before the Commission, $112 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-12.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 33%
Stood as issued
1 · 33%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 33%
66%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$328 proposed, $112 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2017-06-28.
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: 2026-03-12
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-03-12
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0
Tractor Operator
2011-10-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
0.83
0.73
Laborer, Bullgang
2011-10-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.57
1.35
0.42
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.22
0.20
Truck Driver
2010-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-04-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
1.4
0.37
Bobcat Operator
2007-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2017-04-24, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2017-04-24
Fibers, >5um
0
SF ORE TRANSFER
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 24 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.
Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In North Dakota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.28 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
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
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
4
2025
0
2024
2
2023
0
2022
0
2021
0
2020
0
2019
1
2018
2
2017
3
2016
4
2015
2
2014
4
2013
6
2012
4
2011
4
2010
10
2009
0
2008
5
2007
6
2006
2
2005
1
2004
8
2003
6
2002
6
2001
7
2000
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fisher Industries Plant 24 sits in Grant County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Grant County, North Dakota · Population 2,276
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$56,750
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
1,454
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
84
1
0
11904.8
2025 Q4
0
0
0
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
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,370
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
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 Q2
0
0
0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
101
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
998
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
282
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
876
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,098
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,173
3
1
1380.6
2017 Q1
722
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
75
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,126
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
2,934
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q3
144
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
311
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,907
1
0
524.4
2014 Q4
934
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
481
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
2,833
1
1
353.0
2014 Q1
1,400
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
172
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,743
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
7,887
1
0
126.8
2012 Q4
2,280
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,979
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,069
2
2
651.7
2012 Q1
2,732
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,073
2
0
650.8
2010 Q4
14,659
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
11,264
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,005
3
0
749.1
2010 Q1
1,435
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
48
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
4,372
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
5,796
5
2
862.7
2008 Q1
5,543
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
5,921
6
1
1013.3
2007 Q3
4,980
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,142
1
0
241.4
2007 Q1
4,319
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
533
1
0
1876.2
2006 Q3
1,177
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
2,731
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
860
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
628
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
680
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
412
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
8,144
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
619
6
2
9693.1
2004 Q2
6,125
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
7,993
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
8,901
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,178
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
351
2
0
5698.0
2002 Q3
1,871
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
612
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
11,499
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
7,163
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
6,406
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,569
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
732
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
203
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
612
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
957
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2012 · 1 incident
September 7, 2012ND · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS