Elk River Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Knife River Materials
· Surface
Controlled by
Knife River Corporation
Sixes,
Curry County,
OR
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503404
Elk River Wash Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
34
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,644
proposed penalties
$3,493
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
527
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 527 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Elk River Wash Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,094 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,457 | 2 | 1 | 814.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 812 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,016 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 897 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 589 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,902 | 1 | 0 | 344.6 |
| 2022 Q4 | 293 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,599 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 612 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 852 | 1 | 0 | 1173.7 |
| 2021 Q2 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 524 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 520 | 1 | 0 | 1923.1 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,233 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 796 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 716 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,538 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 856 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,652 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,244 | 1 | 0 | 803.9 |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 417 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,035 | 1 | 0 | 491.4 |
| 2015 Q4 | 394 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 851 | 1 | 0 | 1175.1 |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 521 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 420 | 2 | 0 | 4761.9 |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q2 | 281 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,267 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q1 | 799 | 1 | 0 | 1251.6 |
| 2011 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q1 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 564 | 2 | 1 | 3546.1 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,566 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 306 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 184 | 2 | 1 | 10869.6 |
| 2009 Q1 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 382 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 658 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,799 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 793 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,465 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 2,736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,016 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 504 | 6 | 2 | 11904.8 |
| 2006 Q2 | 805 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 2,103 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 2,261 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 413 | 3 | 0 | 7263.9 |
| 2005 Q1 | 2,024 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 947 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 837 | 1 | 0 | 1194.7 |
| 2004 Q1 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 34090.9 |
| 2003 Q4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 1,177 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 415 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,055 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 1,181 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 742 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 907 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,666 | 4 | 0 | 2401.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 1,136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 896 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 369 | 1 | 1 | 2710.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 748 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1,129 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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