Wipperman Pit & Plant has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1988–2007
Latest incident
Jul 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
85
citations
31
significant & substantial
$39,838
proposed penalties
$39,838
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 561 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2012-09-06.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Wipperman Pit & Plant has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$40K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-30.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $4K 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 2009-09-28.
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.
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: 2021-11-02, 4 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-11-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-11-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
Supervisor, Co. Official
2019-07-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
2
2025
2
2024
2
2023
2
2022
2
2021
2
2020
2
2019
2
2018
2
2017
2
2016
2
2015
2
2014
3
2013
2
2012
2
2011
2
2010
3
2009
3
2008
4
2007
2
2006
2
2005
3
2004
7
2003
7
2002
8
2001
9
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wipperman Pit & Plant sits in Richland County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Richland County, North Dakota · Population 16,550
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$72,524
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
1,638
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
0
0
0
2025 Q4
651
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
576
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,654
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
531
1
0
1883.2
2024 Q3
1,090
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,530
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
715
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,159
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,062
3
1
2824.9
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
444
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
789
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
1,028
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
501
1
0
1996.0
2021 Q3
1,096
1
1
912.4
2021 Q2
1,215
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
256
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
330
4
1
12121.2
2020 Q2
1,103
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
661
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,521
3
1
1972.4
2019 Q2
1,070
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
566
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
238
3
0
12605.0
2018 Q2
876
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
512
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
310
2
0
6451.6
2017 Q2
632
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
896
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1,450
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,356
2
1
1474.9
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
1,358
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,481
1
0
675.2
2015 Q2
944
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
372
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,035
1
0
966.2
2014 Q2
1,338
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
143
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
740
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,299
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
865
2
1
2312.1
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
914
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,280
4
3
3125.0
2012 Q2
832
10
5
12019.2
2012 Q1
40
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
673
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,123
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
829
10
3
12062.7
2011 Q1
68
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,072
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,452
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
858
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
903
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
751
11
6
14647.1
2009 Q2
492
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
54
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,804
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,344
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
339
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
144
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
664
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
598
4
1
6689.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
256
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,226
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,265
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
689
2
1
2902.8
2005 Q3
914
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,283
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,061
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,701
6
3
3527.3
2004 Q3
2,325
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,156
2
0
633.7
2004 Q1
2,022
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,198
3
0
938.1
2003 Q3
4,323
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,627
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,357
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,225
5
1
2247.2
2002 Q3
3,772
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,990
3
1
751.9
2002 Q1
2,577
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,784
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,158
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
3,897
1
1
256.6
2001 Q1
2,528
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,732
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,098
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,589
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,643
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
19 on file
2007 · 1 incident
July 2, 2007ND · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
UNHOOKING SCREENING PLANT FROM THE TRUCK/TRACTOR PULLING ON THE 5TH WHEEL PIN WHEN THE PIN LEVER UNHOOKED WITH A SUDDEN SNAP. HE LOST HIS GRIP & BALANCE FALLING TO THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT SHOU LDER. HE DID NOT SEE THE DOCTOR UNTIL 12/27/02 WHEN THE DOCTOR CONFIRMED A ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. OPERATION CLOSED FOR SEASON.
April 16, 2002ND · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE HAD AN ICC PHYSICAL AT THAT TIME THE HERNIA WAS DISCOVERED. THE EE CLAIMS THAT THIS WAS WORKRELATED WE CANNOT DETERMINE WHY WHERE OR HOW IT HAPPENED FEEL THAT IT WORK RELATED WE TURNED IN TO WORK COMP WORK COMP HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS IS WORK RELATED, FOR THIS REASON WE ARE NOW FILING ACCIDENT REPORT
WAS CHIPPING CEMENT OUT OF THE INSIDE OF THE DRUM WHEN A CEMENT CHUNK BROKE OFF AND HIT ANKLE.
1996 · 1 incident
January 8, 1996ND · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
BURNING WEEDS. APPARENTLY GAS WAS ON THE HAND AND FLAMES JUMPED BACK TO THE HAND.
1988 · 1 incident
March 31, 1988ND · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING DOWN & GRINDING T WO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING ON A HEAD PULLEY & SHAFT WHICH WAS ON SAWHORSEDSIT TIPPED OFF & HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE SHOULDER HEAD PULLEY FROM ROCK CR USHER
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