Mining Incidents

Knife River Corporation controller

MSHA controller ID: 0176802

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
65
Mines on record
38
Years on record
2004–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
500
citations
65
significant & substantial
$217,468
proposed penalties
$162,432
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $55,036 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
565
inspections on record
6,870
inspection hours
7.3
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.
500 citations across 6,870 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$217K
proposed penalties
$173K
current assessed
$162K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
428 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
12
2025
16
2024
15
2023
21

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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