Mining Incidents

MUSCHA PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kristi B Fike; Doug Fike
HARVEY, Wells County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3201060

MUSCHA PIT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
17
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,976
proposed penalties
$2,976
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
12
inspections on record
141
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: 141 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MUSCHA PIT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-04-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 68 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 117 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 318 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 232 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 362 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 248 4 0 16129.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 392 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 185 3 0 16216.2
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 115 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 355 2 0 5633.8
2019 Q2 321 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 280 8 2 28571.4
2018 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q3 94 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 278 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 199 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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