Mining Incidents

PS-2: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Tom Gilbertson & Sons · Surface
Controlled by Tom Gilbertson
Binford, Griggs County, ND  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200853

PS-2 has $2K 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 2012
18
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,236
proposed penalties
$2,236
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
25
inspections on record
282
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: 282 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PS-2 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-15.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
61.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 83.3% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2024-06-12
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Backhoe Operator
2024-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Front-end Loader 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. Tom Gilbertson & Sons 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 2
2020 3
2019 2
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PS-2 sits in Griggs County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Griggs County, North Dakota · Population 2,340
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$64,737
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 1,024 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 544 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,376 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 864 1 0 1157.4
2024 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 72 1 0 13888.9
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,908 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 672 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,312 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 152 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 192 3 0 15625.0
2020 Q3 384 2 0 5208.3
2020 Q2 768 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 232 2 0 8620.7
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 608 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,280 2 0 1562.5
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,248 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 720 1 0 1388.9
2015 Q3 2,032 2 1 984.3
2015 Q2 882 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,152 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 1 0
2012 Q3 624 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 340 3 2 8823.5
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 500 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.