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Fisher Industries Plant 7: 39 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas G Fisher
Dickinson, Stark County, ND  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200550

Fisher Industries Plant 7 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1985–2026
Latest incident
Jul 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
39
citations
9
significant & substantial
$8,762
proposed penalties
$4,715
paid to date
54% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,047 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Fisher Sand & Gravel Co.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
665
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: 665 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 7 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $690 in penalties contested before the Commission, $390 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-21.
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.
23.1%
significant & substantial
10.3%
high negligence or reckless
23.1%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.3% low, 79.5% moderate, 10.3% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 43%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 43%
  • Still open 1 · 14%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$690 proposed, $390 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 2025-12-04.
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 2015-0108 Withdrawal McCarthy 2015 $300 → $0
CENT 2010-72M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $200 → $200
CENT 2010-376M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $190 → $190
CENT 2026-0031 Decision pending
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: 2025-06-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2020-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2020-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2017-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2009-09-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.33 0.25 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-09-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.58 0.16 Bulldozer Operator
2007-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.95 0.40 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.68 0.50 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.2 1.36 0.88 Lab Technician
2005-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.86 0.33 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 7 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
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 3.73 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
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
  1. Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 10
2024 7
2023 7
2022 6
2021 5
2020 6
2019 4
2018 6
2017 6
2016 6
2015 7
2014 5
2013 5
2012 6
2011 6
2010 5
2009 4
2008 3
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 9
2003 10
2002 9
2001 9
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fisher Industries Plant 7 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 3,912 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,962 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,135 1 1 194.7
2025 Q2 4,553 3 1 658.9
2025 Q1 789 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 550 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,009 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 434 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,912 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,300 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,207 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 546 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,034 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,042 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,747 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 231 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,073 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,232 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,290 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 446 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 685 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,680 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,349 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,263 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,434 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,417 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,711 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 2,776 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,830 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,884 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,063 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,139 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,228 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,100 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 2,133 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,573 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,864 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,678 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,356 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,050 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,522 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,433 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,222 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,998 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,272 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,945 1 0 514.1
2013 Q4 3,480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,035 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,085 1 1 324.1
2013 Q1 2,122 1 0 471.3
2012 Q4 3,539 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,876 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,970 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,482 8 3 2297.5
2011 Q4 3,855 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,019 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,102 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,198 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 488 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,253 2 0 380.7
2010 Q2 5,670 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,976 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,451 1 1 224.7
2009 Q3 5,724 6 1 1048.2
2009 Q2 2,671 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 387 1 0 2584.0
2008 Q4 1,895 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,502 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,909 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,153 1 0 867.3
2007 Q4 3,761 2 0 531.8
2007 Q3 4,926 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,057 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,225 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,496 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,040 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,546 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,762 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,374 3 1 685.9
2005 Q3 502 3 0 5976.1
2005 Q2 5,181 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,884 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,526 1 0 132.9
2004 Q3 6,980 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,752 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,028 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,904 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,168 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,486 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,429 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,717 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,982 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,893 1 0 145.1
2002 Q1 6,164 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,435 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,279 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,301 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,846 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,498 1 0 285.9
2000 Q3 5,779 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,669 1 0 149.9
2000 Q1 5,352 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2026 · 1 incident

July 28, 2026 ND · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Left index finger caught between two anvils

2025 · 1 incident

June 4, 2025 ND · Metal/Non-Metal lab technician HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Guard crooked; shifted & caught finger between bolt & guard; fractured right index finger

2020 · 1 incident

July 8, 2020 ND · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Bolt being held slipped loose and cut right middle finger.

2012 · 1 incident

November 30, 2012 ND · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Struck by falling object

While cleaning frozen chunks of mud from twin screen, a piece of frozen mud fell onto employee's right leg.

2009 · 1 incident

November 30, 2009 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE slipped and fell on the right shoulder. EE is able to perform normal work duties. I am reporting this because they want him to do some physical therapy on his shoulder.

2005 · 1 incident

March 9, 2005 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Struck by falling object

Cleaning rock jam and rock broke loose fell and struck ee in the face.

1999 · 1 incident

March 15, 1999 ND · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND, SIDE STEPPED AND SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.

1996 · 1 incident

1993 · 1 incident

November 30, 1993 ND · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE CLAIMS HE SLIPPED AND GOT HIS HAND BETWEEN A GUARD AND A LODGED ROCK ON A HEAD PULLEY.

1991 · 2 incidents

November 7, 1991 ND · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Fall from ladders

DECENDING LADDER SHOES WERE WET AND ICY AND HE SLIPPED TO THE GROUND ABOUT FROM THE THIRD STAP FROM TEH GROUND. EMPLOYEE ALSO HAD A BUCKET IN HIS HAND.

October 11, 1991 ND · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman ELECTRICAL
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM HE DISCONNECTED A FUSE HOLDER WHILE DE-ENERGIZED AM SIMPLY BALANCED IT FOR CHECKING OUT A CONTINULY HE THEN ENERGIZED THE SYSSST EM & WHILE GOING T HROUGH HIS CHECK THE FUSE HOLDER FELL & ARCED AGAINST LIVE CONNECTIONS CAUSING A FLASH AM BURNING HIS FINGER

1990 · 2 incidents

September 28, 1990 ND · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER AFTER GREASING. HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE TIRE TREAD AND BENT IT BACK.

March 27, 1990 ND · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Struck by flying object

UNHOOKING DRAG LINE CABLE. IT SPUN AROUND HITTING HIS HEAD BREAKING HIS GLASSES AND PUTTING A SMALL CUT BELOW HIS LEFT EYE.

1989 · 4 incidents

October 12, 1989 ND · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Struck by falling object

REMOVING ROCK FROM JAW CRUSHER ROCK ROLLED ONTO HIS FOOT.

August 29, 1989 ND · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS GOING UP TO THE JAW CRUSHER IN AN ATTEMPTY TO HEAD UNPLUG A LARGE ROCK HE SLIPPED AND HIT ELBOW ON THE FRAMEWORK.

August 1, 1989 ND · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Contact with heat

WORKING IN THE SUN UNDER VERY HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS OF ABOUT 100 DEGREES. REDUCE WORK HOU7RS OR TAKE EXTENDED BREAKS IN HOT WEATHER.

April 24, 1989 ND · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING OFF OF THE STOCK PILE LANDING FOR AN ELEVATED CONVEYOR LANDING HE WAS HURRYING AND FELL DOWN.

1988 · 1 incident

November 28, 1988 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CLEANING OUT THE ROCKS AND FROZEN GRAVEL FROMMTHE FMC VIBRATING FEEDER.FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

1985 · 1 incident

June 19, 1985 ND · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DROVE THE TIGHTEN ROD FOR TART PULLEY OUT BELT TENSION CAUSE MECHANISM TO SPRING FORWARD CAUGHT FINGER INBETWEEN.