Mining Incidents

Wipperman Pit & Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mark T Thorson
Richland, Richland County, ND  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200261

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
Jul 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
85
citations
31
significant & substantial
$39,838
proposed penalties
$39,838
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 651 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 1,091 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 531 1 0 1883.2
2024 Q3 1,090 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 740 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 444 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2007 · 1 incident

July 2, 2007 ND · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mark Sand & Gravel Dakota Co · Fall from machine

Truck driver slipped while stepping to truck box to look at load. He fell to the ground and has pain in lower back and knee.

2003 · 1 incident

March 25, 2003 ND · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Mark Sand & Gravel Dakota Co · Struck by flying object

WORKING IN PIT AREA WITH THE DOZER AND WIND BLEW FRAGMENT IN EYE.

2002 · 3 incidents

November 27, 2002 ND · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mark Sand & Gravel Dakota Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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, 2002 ND · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gutzmer Construction Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING UP CONVEYOR TO SERVICE IT FOOT SLIPPED, FELL AGINST CONVEYOR WITH SHOULDER, GROUND LEVEL. NOTE: DR STATED POSSIBLY 4-6 WEEKS OFF WORK.

March 5, 2002 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Gutzmer Construction Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

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

2001 · 1 incident

September 18, 2001 ND · Metal/Non-Metal scalper-screen operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gutzmer Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CLEANING OUT TRAP DOOR BY CONVEYER AND REBAR CAME BACK HITTING RIGHT EYE (BY WASH PLANT).

2000 · 1 incident

May 12, 2000 ND · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Gutzmer Construction Inc · Rubbed or abraded

WELDING ON THE DECK OF A GRIZZLY ON THE FLOOR, SHARP EDGES ETC. WAS KNEELING.