Mining Incidents

43301: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Avon, Stearns County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2102492

43301 has $150 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
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$150
proposed penalties
$150
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
9
inspections on record
94
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: 94 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

43301 has $150 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.
$150
proposed penalties
$150
current assessed
$150
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-06-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Avon Ready Mix 1950 to 1998
  2. Granite City Concrete Of Avon 1998 to 2003
  3. Granite City Concrete of Watkins 2003 to 2007
  4. Knife River North Central 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 0
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

43301 sits in Stearns County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Stearns County, Minnesota · Population 159,358
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,447
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 386 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 583 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 562 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 422 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 814 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 591 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 525 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 689 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 656 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 513 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 769 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 675 1 0 1481.5
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 453 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 666 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 471 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 805 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,155 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,105 1 1 905.0
2000 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

June 10, 1987 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avon Ready Mix · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3HE WAS WORKING ON THE FEED CONTROL GATE ON THE HOPPER. WHEN THE GATE STRUCK THE FEEDER TRAY CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE RIGHT HAND TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THE GATE AND THE FEED HOPPER.