Mining Incidents

River Pit Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Knife River · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402110

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2005
Latest incident
Sep 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
17
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,917
proposed penalties
$1,917
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
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 942 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,727 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,087 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,609 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,105 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,353 1 0 425.0
2007 Q2 2,122 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

2 on file

2005 · 1 incident

September 12, 2005 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mc Elroy & Wilken, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Dozer operator was prying a rock out of the dozer arm and track roller. When the rock came out it splintered pieces off into his right eye.

2000 · 1 incident

June 22, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Elroy & Wilken, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS ON HIS WASH PLANT WHEN HE STRAINED HIMSELF.