Mining Incidents

Knopik Sand and Gravel Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lisa Knopik
Estherville, Emmet County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302467

Knopik Sand and Gravel Inc. has $5K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
26
citations
3
significant & substantial
$5,077
proposed penalties
$5,077
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
11
inspections on record
80
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: 80 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Knopik Sand and Gravel Inc. has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-06-23.
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
2023 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 356 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,070 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 188 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,291 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,187 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q2 1,605 3 0 1869.2
2021 Q1 193 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 986 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,902 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,949 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,823 7 0 3839.8
2019 Q3 1,894 5 0 2639.9
2019 Q2 1,767 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 802 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,074 11 3 5303.8
2018 Q2 1,236 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,305 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,674 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 526 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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