Knopik Crushing Inc has $7K 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
2011
Latest incident
Sep 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
38
citations
3
significant & substantial
$6,681
proposed penalties
$6,681
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 241 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-08-15.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Knopik Crushing Inc has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2022-09-20, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2022-09-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.8
0.35
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-09-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
Dry Screen Plant Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
2
2025
2
2024
3
2023
1
2022
2
2021
2
2020
4
2019
2
2018
3
2017
5
2016
3
2015
4
2014
4
2013
4
2012
3
2011
3
2010
1
2009
3
2008
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Knopik Crushing Inc sits in Dakota County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Dakota County, Minnesota · Population 442,204
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$105,212
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2
1,087
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
0
0
0
2025 Q4
0
0
0
2025 Q3
2,374
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,013
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
10
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,070
1
0
934.6
2024 Q3
1,465
3
0
2047.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,488
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
303
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
656
2
0
3048.8
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
1,115
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
240
3
0
12500.0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
1,147
1
0
871.8
2021 Q2
206
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
120
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
276
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
398
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
460
3
0
6521.7
2020 Q1
298
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
880
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,894
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
15
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
887
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
945
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
933
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
1,474
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
478
9
3
18828.5
2017 Q2
864
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
145
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
501
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
110
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
2,649
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,324
6
0
4531.7
2015 Q3
196
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
478
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
5
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
837
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
655
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,148
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
151
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
689
3
0
4354.1
2013 Q3
169
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
872
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
222
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
828
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,264
1
0
791.1
2012 Q2
807
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
1,226
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,205
5
0
4149.4
2011 Q2
593
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
619
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
1,288
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
536
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
281
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
245
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
368
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2011 · 1 incident
September 23, 2011MN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY