Mining Incidents

WILLISTON WASH PLANT: 24 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kerry Susag
Harvey, Williams County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200425

WILLISTON WASH PLANT has $3K 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
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Oct 1990
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
24
citations
8
significant & substantial
$2,551
proposed penalties
$2,551
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
29
inspections on record
321
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: 321 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WILLISTON WASH PLANT has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-24.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
4.2%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 95.8% moderate, 4.2% 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: 2017-05-10, 9 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-09-27, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF GENERAL
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. Susag Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 2
2017 3
2016 5
2015 4
2014 3
2013 5
2012 7
2011 3
2010 3
2009 4
2008 3
2007 4
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WILLISTON WASH PLANT sits in Williams County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 15.6% 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.
Williams County, North Dakota · Population 39,368
15.6%
Mining share of county employment
$90,224
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
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 653 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,582 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,214 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 984 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,314 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,639 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,633 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,491 1 0 286.5
2016 Q2 3,073 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 2,065 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,817 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,026 3 1 1480.8
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,806 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,115 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,065 2 2 652.5
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 2,874 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,244 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,776 1 1 264.8
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 2,204 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,907 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,812 1 0 262.3
2012 Q1 661 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,203 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,929 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,528 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,197 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,713 3 0 1105.8
2010 Q2 2,676 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,755 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,410 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,033 2 0 659.4
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,264 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,346 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,546 3 0 1940.5
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,235 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,471 3 0 2039.4
2007 Q2 2,124 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 187 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 665 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,204 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,260 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 536 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,670 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,647 4 4 2428.7
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,475 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,153 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,086 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 771 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 608 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 588 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,259 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 946 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 689 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,261 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 817 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 865 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 840 1 0 1190.5
2000 Q1 89 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

October 29, 1990 ND · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Susag Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I WAS LIFTING WATER PIPE TO DRAIN FOR WINTER MONTHS AND STRAINED MY BACK.