Mining Incidents

Paul Deck Pit: 35 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kerry Susag
Harvey, Wells County, ND  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200493

Paul Deck Pit has $4K 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 2000
35
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,138
proposed penalties
$4,138
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
39
inspections on record
406
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: 406 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Paul Deck Pit has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-07-26.
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.
25.7%
significant & substantial
2.9%
high negligence or reckless
25.7%
reasonably likely or greater
57.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 97.1% moderate, 2.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2024-04-24
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-04-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Scraper Operator
2021-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Washer 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.
Ownership history
  1. Susag Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 1
2004 2
2003 2
2002 1
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Paul Deck Pit sits in Wells County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Wells County, North Dakota · Population 3,942
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$61,346
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 600 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 515 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 797 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 598 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 472 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 711 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 382 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 305 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 721 3 0 4160.9
2023 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 274 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 744 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 463 1 0 2159.8
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 184 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 742 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 593 1 0 1686.3
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 526 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 238 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 756 1 0 1322.8
2019 Q2 728 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 352 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 772 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 595 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 1 0
2017 Q4 625 8 3 12800.0
2017 Q3 743 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 678 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 517 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 719 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 651 3 0 4608.3
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 334 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 933 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 662 1 0 1510.6
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 428 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 813 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 641 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 487 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 921 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 643 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 369 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 866 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,034 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,095 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,517 1 0 659.2
2011 Q2 754 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 864 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,372 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 805 3 2 3726.7
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 368 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 846 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 364 4 2 10989.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 435 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 481 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 444 2 1 4504.5
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 371 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 659 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 542 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 382 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 656 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 648 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 687 1 0 1455.6
2005 Q2 688 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 452 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 709 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 694 1 0 1440.9
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 236 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 765 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 489 3 1 6135.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 791 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 534 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 726 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 544 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 330 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 770 1 0 1298.7
2000 Q2 637 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 20 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.