Mining Incidents

Pioneer Crushing Plant: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Leon Hoyt Construction · Surface
Controlled by Leon M. Hoyt
Tolna, Eddy County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200912

Pioneer Crushing Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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 2012
22
citations
10
significant & substantial
$2,354
proposed penalties
$633
paid to date
27% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,721 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
14
inspections on record
152
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: 152 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pioneer Crushing Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$633
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-15.
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.
47.6%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
47.6%
reasonably likely or greater
38.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 95.2% moderate, 4.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Leon Hoyt Construction 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 2
2015 3
2014 2
2013 1
2012 1
2011 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pioneer Crushing Plant sits in Eddy County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Eddy County, North Dakota · Population 2,319
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$55,389
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
2016 Q3 400 3 1 7500.0
2016 Q2 520 1 0 1923.1
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 924 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 650 5 3 7692.3
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 74 4 2 54054.1
2014 Q2 174 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 1,300 6 4 4615.4
2013 Q2 448 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 128 1 0 7812.5
2012 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 24 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.