Mining Incidents

Main Plant Wash Plant: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Gravel Products Inc · Surface
Minot, Ward County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200566

Main Plant Wash Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
37
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,049
proposed penalties
$3,735
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $314 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
27
inspections on record
284
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: 284 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Main Plant Wash Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $692 in penalties contested before the Commission, $529 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-13.
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.
18.9%
significant & substantial
16.2%
high negligence or reckless
18.9%
reasonably likely or greater
56.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.1% low, 75.7% moderate, 16.2% 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 · 16% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 83%
  • Still open 1 · 17%
50%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$692 proposed, $529 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 2025-12-29.
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 2016-0017 Settlement Simonton 2016 $692 → $529
CENT 2026-0054 Decision pending
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Gravel Products Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 0
2019 1
2018 0
2017 0
2016 1
2015 2
2014 1
2013 0
2012 4
2011 2
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 2
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Main Plant Wash Plant sits in Ward County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 3.8% 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.
Ward County, North Dakota · Population 69,232
3.8%
Mining share of county employment
$79,273
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 354 1 0 2824.9
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 1,016 3 0 2952.8
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 417 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 384 3 0 7812.5
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 273 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 113 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 2 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 79 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 498 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 418 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 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 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 196 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 535 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 304 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,427 5 1 3503.9
2015 Q2 332 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 858 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 619 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,316 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 919 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 401 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 201 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,010 2 2 1980.2
2010 Q2 1,201 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1 1 0 1000000.0
2009 Q3 962 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,270 4 1 3149.6
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 722 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 675 3 0 4444.4
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 1,106 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 451 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 745 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 466 8 1 17167.4
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 474 5 2 10548.5
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

August 7, 2019 ND · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gravel Products Inc · Fall from machine

Employee stepped off the skid lift, miss stepped off the lowered skid lift. Fell backwards and injured back