Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from ladders
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE TOP STEP OF LADDER DOING REPAIR AND THE LADDER TIPPED.
Fisher Industries Plant 4: 39 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Thomas G Fisher
Dickinson,
Stark County,
ND
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200507
Fisher Industries Plant 4 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1989–1993
- Latest incident
- Apr 1993
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
39
citations
6
significant & substantial
$10,737
proposed penalties
$10,737
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
29
inspections on record
301
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 301 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
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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: 2022-07-19.
On record since 2022.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Fisher Industries Plant 4 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $212 in penalties contested before the Commission, $212 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.16.7%
significant & substantial
11.1%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 88.9% moderate, 11.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
2
citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
- Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$212 proposed, $212 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 2010-01-14.
Contested penalties
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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 2010-375M | Settlement | Lesnick | 2010 | $212 → $212 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2025-08-28
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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.7
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Respirable dust, <.1mg6
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-28 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2025-08-28 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Supervisor, Co. Official | ||
| 2022-07-20 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.29 | Dry Screen Plant Operator | ||
| 2022-07-20 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2019-09-18 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Lab Technician | ||
| 2019-09-18 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2019-09-18 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Bulldozer 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.
Fisher Industries Plant 4 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
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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 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In North Dakota, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2006 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2005 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2004 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2001 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2000 * | 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.
Ownership history
- Fisher Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2007 | 9 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2003 | 6 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2001 | 8 |
| 2000 | 8 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fisher Industries Plant 4 sits in Stark County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 9.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
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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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q4 | 281 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,026 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 387 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 793 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,097 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 2,699 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 403 | 1 | 0 | 2481.4 |
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,244 | 1 | 0 | 445.6 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,606 | 4 | 1 | 2490.7 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,157 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,718 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 545 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 341 | 2 | 0 | 5865.1 |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 678 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 583 | 1 | 0 | 1715.3 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,811 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,328 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 575 | 0 | 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 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 677 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,583 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 322 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,577 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 3,451 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,745 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,947 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,060 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 4,382 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,303 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,437 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,077 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 3,087 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 4,373 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,114 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,876 | 1 | 0 | 533.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 4,223 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 4,397 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,381 | 4 | 2 | 2896.5 |
| 2010 Q1 | 5,268 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,993 | 3 | 0 | 1505.3 |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,637 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 2,542 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 2,761 | 1 | 0 | 362.2 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,445 | 7 | 1 | 4844.3 |
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,285 | 1 | 0 | 778.2 |
| 2007 Q4 | 7,454 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 7,933 | 5 | 0 | 630.3 |
| 2007 Q2 | 5,770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 6,011 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 5,751 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 5,833 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 6,510 | 2 | 1 | 307.2 |
| 2006 Q1 | 5,889 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 779 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 7,165 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 7,286 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 5,094 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 7,044 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 5,176 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 7,936 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 8,342 | 6 | 1 | 719.3 |
| 2003 Q4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 2,732 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 4,452 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 7,351 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 6,058 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,707 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 5,716 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 567 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 5,668 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 5,684 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 2,891 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 6,393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 6,320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 864 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 4,246 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 11,834 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1993 · 1 incident
1991 · 1 incident
June 18, 1991
ND · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
CARRY 4IN PIPE OUT OF A PICKUP TRIPPING GOING BACKWARDS OVER HIS OWN FEET
1989 · 1 incident
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ROCK OFF OF THE GRIZZLEY ON A TUNNEL TRAP WITH A OPENING ROCK GAVE WAY AND HE SLIPPED HITTING HIS SHOULDER.