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: 60 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wash Plant #3 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
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-08-19.
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.
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.
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2015-08-19, 11 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2015-08-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
SF ORE PROCESSING
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2016
1
2015
3
2014
1
2013
2
2012
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wash Plant #3 sits in Burleigh County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Burleigh County, North Dakota · Population 98,986
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$84,948
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
0
0
0
2016 Q2
128
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
228
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
359
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
361
8
2
22160.7
2015 Q2
1,060
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
122
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
71
1
0
14084.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2
240
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
363
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,533
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
583
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
715
2
0
2797.2
2012 Q3
1,682
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
219
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2012 · 1 incident
December 5, 2012ND · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While mothballing wash plant for winter, miner slipped on ice next to a light plant, falling onto the hitch of the light plant. Was examined by medical provider and given pain medication
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