Mining Incidents

DBRM Pit-North Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Hamilton, Ravalli County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402264

DBRM Pit-North has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
68
citations
15
significant & substantial
$7,910
proposed penalties
$7,860
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $50 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
51
inspections on record
593
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: 593 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DBRM Pit-North has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-07.
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 828 1 0 1207.7
2025 Q3 1,219 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,238 3 0 2423.3
2025 Q1 443 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 795 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,102 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,271 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 495 3 1 6060.6
Show 87 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,059 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,343 2 1 1489.2
2023 Q1 375 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 639 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,544 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,636 3 0 1833.7
2022 Q1 522 3 0 5747.1
2021 Q4 1,245 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,185 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,336 6 1 4491.0
2021 Q1 726 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,191 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,414 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,435 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 875 3 0 3428.6
2019 Q4 836 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,339 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,043 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 255 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,021 2 0 1958.9
2018 Q3 1,167 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 888 1 0 1126.1
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 933 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,134 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,146 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 427 1 0 2341.9
2016 Q4 509 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 951 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,251 2 2 1598.7
2016 Q1 415 2 0 4819.3
2015 Q4 785 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 999 1 0 1001.0
2015 Q2 1,196 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 608 1 0 1644.7
2014 Q4 897 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,131 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,048 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 677 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 857 3 1 3500.6
2013 Q3 1,320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 786 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 350 2 1 5714.3
2012 Q3 764 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,140 2 0 1754.4
2012 Q1 1,194 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,524 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,474 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,072 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 647 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 864 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,068 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 668 1 0 1497.0
2009 Q3 710 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 668 6 2 8982.0
2009 Q1 0 1 0
2008 Q4 258 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 864 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,020 3 1 2941.2
2008 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 403 2 0 4962.8
2007 Q3 859 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,125 3 1 2666.7
2007 Q1 786 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 430 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 929 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,238 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 430 1 0 2325.6
2005 Q4 681 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,147 4 3 3487.4
2005 Q2 1,172 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 316 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 441 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,455 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,184 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 402 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 816 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,019 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,735 6 1 3458.2
2003 Q1 609 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 699 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,295 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

November 3, 2025 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Donaldson Brothers Ready Mix Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing down the loader ladder using 3 points of contact and when their left foot touched the ground they let go of the ladder - they rolled an ankle when they touched the ground (must have stepped over a rock or in a small hole). Tried to walk it off but was in too much pain.

2008 · 1 incident

September 9, 2008 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Donaldson Brothers Ready Mix Inc · Fall down stairs

Employee was walking down the stairs from the office and tripped over the 4th step from the ground twisting his left ankle.

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