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Kalispell Portable Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Columbia Falls, Flathead County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402095

Kalispell Portable Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Apr 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
37
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,384
proposed penalties
$5,996
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $388 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
450
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: 450 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kalispell Portable Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 386 3 1 7772.0
2025 Q3 1,438 1 0 695.4
2025 Q2 1,490 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 402 1 0 2487.6
2024 Q4 857 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,041 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,298 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,236 2 0 1618.1
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 909 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,405 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,051 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,123 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,195 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 525 1 0 1904.8
2022 Q2 1,628 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,213 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,680 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,281 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 905 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 935 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,336 2 0 1497.0
2020 Q3 1,554 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,332 2 0 1501.5
2020 Q1 684 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,411 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,150 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 564 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 864 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 714 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 850 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,306 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,095 3 1 2739.7
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 736 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,892 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,250 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,272 4 0 1760.6
2015 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 759 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 727 4 2 5502.1
2015 Q1 1,651 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 449 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 765 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 625 1 0 1600.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 412 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 610 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 511 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 434 1 0 2304.1
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 383 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 478 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 614 1 1 1628.7
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 486 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 249 2 2 8032.1
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 648 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 683 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 561 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 625 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 989 1 1 1011.1
2009 Q2 495 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 588 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 587 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 457 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 274 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 367 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 654 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 340 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 671 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,265 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 942 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 398 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 160 1 0 6250.0
2005 Q3 723 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 845 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 530 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 227 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 374 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 593 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 362 3 0 8287.3
2003 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 171 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 646 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 844 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 299 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 740 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,641 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 643 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 616 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 894 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 500 3 1 6000.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

April 14, 2023 MT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Knife River Missoula · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee found debris on the under belt scraper of the head pulley coming out of jaw crusher (7158) and attempted to clean it without de-energizing the piece of equipment first. This resulted in the belt grabbing the 3 foot pry bar and slamming EE's hand into the scraper and framework of the under belt. This resulted in 2 broken bones in the Right arm and hand.

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