Mining Incidents

White Star #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Luminart Corp
Blaisdell, Mountrail County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200911

White Star #1 has $74K in proposed MSHA penalties and $70K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Oct 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
27
citations
11
significant & substantial
$73,681
proposed penalties
$3,581
paid to date
5% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $70,100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
12
inspections on record
202
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: 202 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

White Star #1 has $74K in proposed MSHA penalties and $70K outstanding across 1 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.
$74K
proposed penalties
$74K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$70K
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-11-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2014 Q4 0 1 0
2014 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 1 0
2014 Q1 2,502 1 0 399.7
2013 Q4 2,086 4 2 1917.5
2013 Q3 4,709 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 462 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 234 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 1,110 12 7 10810.8
2012 Q3 6,464 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,017 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,293 4 1 931.7
2011 Q3 847 4 1 4722.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2013 · 1 incident

October 6, 2013 ND · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
White Star Sand & Gravel LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

There was a loose guard over a pulley, and the Miner didn't follow company and MSHA Safety Policies to shut down and LOTO the machine before attempting to repair. He attempted to make the repair while the conveyor was running, and got his fingers caught in the pulley, cutting two of his fingers badly.

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