Northern Improvement Co. operator
Controlled by
McCormick Inc
MSHA operator ID: L00348
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 1988–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
115
citations
19
significant & substantial
$15,966
proposed penalties
$13,620
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,346 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
125
inspections on record
1,321
inspection hours
8.7
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.115 citations across 1,321 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$16K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
115 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2010
1
2009
1
1993
1
1989
1
1988
2
Mines on record
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