Mining Incidents

Pinky's Aggregates Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dale Honsey
Rolette, Rolette County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200909

Pinky's Aggregates Inc has $111K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2014–2015
Latest incident
Aug 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
35
citations
13
significant & substantial
$110,827
proposed penalties
$45,827
paid to date
41% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $65,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
14
inspections on record
380
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: 380 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pinky's Aggregates Inc has $111K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$111K
proposed penalties
$46K
current assessed
$46K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-12-02.
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
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 2,113 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,735 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,486 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,347 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,425 1 0 412.4
2015 Q3 3,271 3 2 917.2
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 2,412 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 4,193 9 1 2146.4
2014 Q3 5,030 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,260 11 7 4867.3
2014 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,869 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,095 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,656 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 870 5 3 5747.1
2012 Q4 3,910 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,478 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,410 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,165 6 0 5150.2
2011 Q4 4,783 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,851 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 3, 2015 ND · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Pinky's Aggregates Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

There were no witnesses to the accident. The operator was found outside of his loader buried under gravel that had sloughed off of the stock pile he was loading from. Fellow employees were attempting to remove the gravel from on top of him when officials showed up. Officials declared him dead at the scene.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2014 · 1 incident

April 22, 2014 ND · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pinky's Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Windy condition blowing off miner's hard hat causing a distraction and contact of steel bar with vibrating screen deck causing bar to strike miner's face (jaw). Lower jaw laceration and fracture, missing lower front teeth.

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