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218 Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Strata Corp · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Halma, Polk County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2101638

218 Plant has $5K 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
6
Years on record
1989–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
38
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,662
proposed penalties
$4,662
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
40
inspections on record
390
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: 390 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

218 Plant has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 3,101 1 0 322.5
2025 Q3 3,391 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,108 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,597 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,854 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,437 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 8,080 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,794 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,361 4 0 917.2
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 2,768 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,250 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,438 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 2,221 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,273 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,120 2 0 485.4
2021 Q1 475 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,078 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,708 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,401 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 2,845 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,790 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,560 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1,628 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,535 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,302 1 0 302.8
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,504 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,514 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,580 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,069 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,923 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,252 4 1 1776.2
2016 Q1 713 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,432 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,281 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,430 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,492 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,084 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,852 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,634 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 295 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,707 1 0 269.8
2013 Q3 4,610 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,227 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 2,587 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,800 3 0 789.5
2012 Q2 3,072 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 254 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,288 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,010 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,607 2 2 767.2
2011 Q1 67 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,434 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,981 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,416 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 228 2 1 8771.9
2009 Q3 3,067 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,878 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 2,015 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,400 2 1 454.5
2008 Q2 2,630 2 1 760.5
2008 Q1 766 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,943 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,523 1 0 396.4
2007 Q2 2,679 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,471 1 1 404.7
2006 Q3 4,610 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,274 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 880 1 0 1136.4
2005 Q4 3,390 1 0 295.0
2005 Q3 4,316 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,737 1 0 267.6
2005 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,676 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,598 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,077 1 0 325.0
2004 Q1 470 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,140 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,037 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,504 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,837 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,245 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,661 6 1 2254.8
2002 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,161 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,788 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,149 2 0 930.7
2001 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,775 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,138 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,003 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 78 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2012 · 1 incident

April 25, 2012 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Strata Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Mechanic from shop was dropping the belly pan of a D8 crawler. The pan slipped and pinched his right thumb between the pan and the ground.

2005 · 1 incident

May 10, 2005 MN · Metal/Non-Metal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Strata Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was doing an inspection of a dragline and slipped on some rocks. He fell and sustained a severe strain/sprain to his right foot and ankle.

1997 · 2 incidents

October 10, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Strata Corp · Struck by flying object

MINER WAS CLEANING OUT AREA NEAR JAW CRUSHER. A ROCK WAS EXPELLED THROUGHT THE GATE WHICH KEPT ROCKS IN THE CRUSHER. ROCK HIT MINER IN HEAD.

October 10, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Strata Corp · Struck by flying object

CLEANING AREA AROUND JAW CRUSHER. ROCK WAS EXPELLED FROM ROCK TRAP ON CRUXHER AND STRUCK EE ON HEAD.

1990 · 1 incident

May 22, 1990 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Strata Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ASSEMBLING CRUSHER INJ PINCHED FINGERS AS SOCKET LINER WAS PLACED.ONE FINGER CUT,ANOTHER TIP PINCHED OFF.

1989 · 1 incident

June 8, 1989 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Strata Corp · Struck by flying object

VICTIM WAS STRUCK BY A PRY BAR WHICH FLEW FROM A FELLOW EMPLOYEES HANDS WHILE TRYING TO FREE A ROCK THAT WAS LODGED IN A CONVEYOR CHUTE.

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