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44990: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103356

44990 has $320 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
2005–2006
Latest incident
Jun 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$320
proposed penalties
$320
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 2003
11
inspections on record
80
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: 80 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

44990 has $320 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.
$320
proposed penalties
$320
current assessed
$320
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-06-16.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% 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: 2004-12-08, 21 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
2004-12-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant 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 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 0
2008 1
2007 2
2006 7
2005 5
2004 4
2003 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

44990 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 0 0 0
2008 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 207 1 0 4830.9
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 108 1 0 9259.3
2007 Q2 577 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 551 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 890 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,012 1 0 988.1
2005 Q3 995 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 991 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 606 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 766 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,023 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 43 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 423 1 0 2364.1
2003 Q3 482 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 1 incident

June 8, 2006 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River North Central · Fall onto or against objects

Loosening hydraulic hose standing on frame of crusher when hose came loose slipped and fell about 2" he hit his chin on the wrench.

2005 · 1 incident

December 8, 2005 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River North Central · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Prying and pounding on a frost chunk on a field conveyor belt, the pry bar bounced off the belt and jarrred his wrist.