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43322: 1 recorded fatality 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.
See Knife River's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
21.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
21.2%
reasonably likely or greater
65.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.2% low, 78.8% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2014-10-22, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.63 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-10-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.42 0.36 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.97 0.98 0.99 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.46 0.61 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. 1997 to 2018
  2. Knife River 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 1
2018 5
2017 4
2016 5
2015 5
2014 5
2013 4
2012 5
2010 1
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 5
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 4
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

43322 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 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.