Mining Incidents

Crusher #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Bismarck, Burleigh County, ND  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200950

Crusher #1 has $16K 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
7
Years on record
2012–2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
82
citations
21
significant & substantial
$16,398
proposed penalties
$14,913
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,485 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
25
inspections on record
367
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: 367 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher #1 has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-26.
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 2,660 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,324 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,028 16 3 7889.5
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 5,865 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,728 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,916 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,778 0 0 0.0
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,266 3 1 703.2
2023 Q3 866 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,727 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 838 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 397 1 0 2518.9
2022 Q3 1,266 1 0 789.9
2022 Q2 3,884 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 688 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,181 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,307 4 0 3060.4
2021 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 824 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 603 6 1 9950.2
2020 Q2 1,104 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 283 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 302 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 706 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,006 6 1 5964.2
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 522 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 891 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 356 3 0 8427.0
2017 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 924 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 404 7 1 17326.7
2016 Q4 1,230 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 788 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,914 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,839 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 968 8 3 8264.5
2015 Q3 778 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,144 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 1 0 1000000.0
2014 Q4 5,973 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,318 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,040 2 0 396.8
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,404 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,282 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,669 3 2 529.2
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 6,399 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,891 13 8 1886.5
2012 Q2 4,765 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2023 · 1 incident

August 13, 2023 ND · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation - North Central · Struck by flying object

Employee was hit by an anvil from a VSI crusher. The anvils were being removed and thrown out of the machine by another employee. The employee that was struck walked into the area where the anvils were being tossed to the ground. EE was struck in the lower back and buttocks. EE had scrapes and bruising.

2020 · 1 incident

August 4, 2020 ND · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Knife River Corporation - North Central · Struck against a moving object

Loader operator was pulling material from a wall and part of the wall fell on the bucket lifting the back end of the loader to buck up and back down. Loader operator reported hitting their head on the headrest.

2018 · 1 incident

2013 · 3 incidents

August 30, 2013 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation - North Central · Struck by falling object

While servicing the cone crusher, operator's left finger tip was crushed when keeper ring fell while being removed. Medical treatment included xray, antibiotic and pain med, and dressing of wound. Distal finger bone is broken and nail was removed.

July 2, 2013 ND · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Corporation - North Central · Struck by falling object

Employee reached under rock kicker while it was being adjusted, jack slipped, crushing his hand and wrist. Hairline fracture of a wrist bone, medical treatment provided splint and pain medication

2012 · 1 incident

December 8, 2012 ND · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Knife River Corporation - North Central · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

dust and metal grindings blew into eye of miner while repairing conveyor belt. Miner was wearing safety glasses and face shield, but should have worn goggles due to windy conditions, and postioned himself upwind of the work area.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.