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43490: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103140

43490 has $2K 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
3
Years on record
2002–2003
Latest incident
Oct 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
14
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,931
proposed penalties
$1,931
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River North Central's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
14
inspections on record
167
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: 167 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

43490 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-10-10.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.4% low, 78.6% 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: 2007-05-30, 19 years ago
14%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz71 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 0.5 1.48 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.97 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 1.03 0.66 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.74 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-12-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.87 0.51 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 1.01 0.70 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 1.09 0.64 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Knife River North Central 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 0
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 5
2004 6
2003 5
2002 4
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

43490 sits in Benton County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Benton County, Minnesota · Population 41,458
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,480
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
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 107 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 333 3 1 9009.0
2007 Q3 597 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 303 1 1 3300.3
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 463 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 893 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 586 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 748 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 747 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 739 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 627 1 0 1594.9
2004 Q3 791 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 581 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 692 1 0 1445.1
2003 Q3 843 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 870 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 816 1 0 1225.5
2002 Q3 1,110 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,010 1 0 990.1
2002 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 702 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 854 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 843 6 2 7117.4
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 484 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 700 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 729 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 171 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

October 10, 2003 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Knife River North Central · Contact with electrical current

EE STARTED CONVEYOR - RECEIVED SHOCK.

2002 · 2 incidents

October 17, 2002 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River North Central · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING SCREEN & STRAINED UPPER BACK & NECK.

August 13, 2002 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River North Central · Struck by flying object

FIXING FASTENERS ON CONVEYOR. PIECE OF FASTENER STRUCK EE IN RT. EYE.