Mining Incidents

526712 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Cold Springs, Benton County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103732

526712 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Nov 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
9
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,271
proposed penalties
$1,271
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
19
inspections on record
163
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: 163 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

526712 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-10-19.
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
2025 Q4 241 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,585 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 846 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 841 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,585 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,340 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,081 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,561 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,341 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 994 1 0 1006.0
2022 Q3 349 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 220 1 0 4545.5
2021 Q2 361 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 61 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 329 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 63 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 248 1 0 4032.3
2019 Q2 447 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 221 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 179 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 483 1 0 2070.4
2017 Q2 419 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 310 1 0 3225.8
2016 Q2 310 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 111 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 161 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 421 2 0 4750.6
2015 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 343 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 251 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 143 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 482 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 157 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 53 2 0 37735.8
2012 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 441 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 337 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

November 6, 2014 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation North Central · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dragging the fuel hose to the loader to fuel it up. When dragging the hose back to the tank he felt a pop in his hip.

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