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43316: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Knife River · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Little Falls, Morrison County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103339

43316 has $7K 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
2009
Latest incident
Apr 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
42
citations
13
significant & substantial
$7,134
proposed penalties
$7,134
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
26
inspections on record
279
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: 279 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-03-16.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

43316 has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-11-08.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
5.1%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 61.5% moderate, 5.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2014-11-13, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-11-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.41 0.26 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2010-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-12-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.74 0.11 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-12-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-02-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.25 0.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 2.82 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-02-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Backhoe Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Tri-City Paving, Inc. 2002 to 2018
  2. Knife River 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 1
2018 3
2017 4
2016 4
2015 5
2014 4
2013 3
2012 2
2011 5
2010 4
2009 3
2008 3
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

43316 sits in Morrison 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.
Morrison County, Minnesota · Population 34,131
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,640
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
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,107 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,555 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 93 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 101 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 697 0 0 0.0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 1,790 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 296 2 0 6756.8
2016 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,287 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,001 5 3 4995.0
2015 Q4 1,663 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 199 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,150 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 578 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1 2 0 2000000.0
2014 Q3 335 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,107 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 433 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 406 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,694 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,564 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 156 3 1 19230.8
2011 Q3 1 4 3 4000000.0
2011 Q2 1,921 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 202 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,030 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 453 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 987 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 8 3 8000000.0
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 584 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,087 6 0 5519.8
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 454 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,072 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 2 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 1,642 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 227 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,060 3 1 2830.2
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 145 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 1,015 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,073 4 2 3727.9
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 988 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 528 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 1,494 3 0 2008.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

April 21, 2009 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Tri-City Paving, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was drilling holes in the granite to prepare for blasting. He was ending work for the day. The bit came loose from the drill. EE automatically grabbed for the bit and got his ring finger, left hand pinched between the bit and the other steel. Part of the bone on finger was damaged.