Mining Incidents

43322 Metal/Non-Metal

Knife River · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Little Falls, Morrison County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103129

43322 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
53
citations
11
significant & substantial
$12,664
proposed penalties
$12,664
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
27
inspections on record
383
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: 383 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

43322 has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 561 5 1 8912.7
2018 Q3 620 6 0 9677.4
2018 Q2 2,129 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 744 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 951 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,966 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,622 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 289 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,649 1 0 377.5
2016 Q3 3,341 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,545 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 862 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,033 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,402 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,957 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,843 3 1 1627.8
2014 Q3 2,875 1 0 347.8
2014 Q2 2,285 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,087 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,589 3 0 835.9
2013 Q2 1,715 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,707 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,477 3 2 862.8
2012 Q2 822 1 0 1216.5
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 892 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 820 1 0 1219.5
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 257 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 968 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 841 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 918 1 0 1089.3
2007 Q3 1,078 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,822 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,176 1 0 459.6
2006 Q3 3,327 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,828 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 1,254 16 5 12759.2
2005 Q3 2,980 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,101 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,354 1 0 738.6
2004 Q3 3,290 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,475 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 2,125 4 0 1882.4
2003 Q3 2,672 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,698 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 2,254 2 1 887.3
2002 Q3 3,023 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,278 1 0 439.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,840 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,934 3 1 1022.5
2001 Q2 2,011 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,882 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,902 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,795 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 558 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 28, 2005 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-City Paving, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Two employees were repositioning a conveyor. One was on the loader which was pulling the conveyor. The victim was directing and somehow got caught under the conveyor tire, crushing him.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2006 · 1 incident

May 22, 2006 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tri-City Paving, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The crew was changing a bearing on the sand stacker. The come-along was being used it snapped and hit employees hand, took a chunk out of index finger on left hand.

2001 · 1 incident

October 5, 2001 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-City Paving, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SETTING UP THE JAW CRUSHER. HE PINCHED HIS RING FINGER OF LT. HAND BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF WOOD BLOCKING.

2000 · 1 incident

August 15, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-City Paving, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SOME WOOD BLOCKING AND TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.

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The full compliance file on 43322

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.