Mining Incidents

PLANT #1: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Dakota Improvement Inc · Surface
Controlled by Michael L Kelly
Oakes, Dickey County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200760

PLANT #1 has $1K 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 2002
9
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,192
proposed penalties
$1,192
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
13
inspections on record
139
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: 139 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PLANT #1 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-08-25.
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.
55.6%
significant & substantial
11.1%
high negligence or reckless
55.6%
reasonably likely or greater
44.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 88.9% moderate, 11.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Dakota Improvement Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 0
2009 0
2008 6
2007 2
2006 6
2005 8
2004 4
2003 3
2002 4
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT #1 sits in Dickey 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.
Dickey County, North Dakota · Population 4,959
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$63,125
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
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 1 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 138 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 316 1 1 3164.6
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 127 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 507 3 3 5917.2
2006 Q2 748 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 307 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 64 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 195 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 159 1 0 6289.3
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 67 2 1 29850.7
2003 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 44 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 126 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 764 1 0 1308.9
2002 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 281 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 183 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 121 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 164 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 127 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.