K500 has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
12
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,841
proposed penalties
$1,841
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
12
inspections on record
83
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: 83 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
K500 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-09.
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
1,060
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
1,501
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
974
2
0
2053.4
2025 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
66
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,294
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
2,368
2
0
844.6
2024 Q1
477
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
615
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,661
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
2,352
2
0
850.3
2023 Q1
1,330
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
401
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,092
4
0
3663.0
2022 Q2
286
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
346
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
944
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
910
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
947
2
1
2111.9
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
482
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
680
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
142
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
340
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
655
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2024 · 1 incident
June 24, 2024MN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employees were performing maintenance on a crusher screen. One employee inadvertently struck partners finger with a hammer while installing screen clamp bolts. The injured employee has an open fracture of the left middle distal phalange.
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