Plant 1Mobile Plant has $80K in proposed MSHA penalties and $58K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Jun 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
20
citations
12
significant & substantial
$80,479
proposed penalties
$208
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $80,271 gap.
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: 115 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 1Mobile Plant has $80K in proposed MSHA penalties and $58K outstanding across 4 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.
$80K
proposed penalties
$58K
current assessed
$208
paid to date
$58K
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $80K in penalties contested before the Commission, $58K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-08-04.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
18citations taken to the federal commission · 90% of citations on record
Settled
18 · 100%
85%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 13 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
28%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$80K proposed, $58K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-06-18.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2016
2
2015
4
2014
4
2013
0
2012
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Plant 1Mobile Plant sits in Divide County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 9.2% 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.
Divide County, North Dakota · Population 2,174
9.2%
Mining share of county employment
$89,297
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
EE greasing the head pulley on the stacker. Another worker moved the stacker with the skip loader. Worker was unaware of EE on the stacker. EE fell off. EE was not following proper maintenance procedures and was not using an available harness.