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44480: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Sauk Rapids, Stearns County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2102969

44480 has $145 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
2
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Jul 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$145
proposed penalties
$145
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 2000
6
inspections on record
66
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: 66 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

44480 has $145 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.
$145
proposed penalties
$145
current assessed
$145
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-10-30.
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
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% 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: 2000-10-31, 25 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2000-10-31 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 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 0
2006 0
2005 1
2004 3
2003 3
2002 2
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

44480 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 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 119 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 472 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 62 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 471 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 365 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 103 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 78 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 355 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 831 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 578 2 1 3460.2
2000 Q3 625 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 807 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

July 1, 2002 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River North Central · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTITNG 36 INCH BELTING FOR RETURN ROLLERS, KNIFE SLIPPED AND E.E. WT WRIST.

June 24, 2002 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Knife River North Central · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TURNING STACKER TIRE, SLIPPED IN MUD. TWISTED ANKLE.