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Northern Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Strata Corp · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Trail, Polk County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2100576

Northern Sand & Gravel has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1999–2020
Latest incident
Aug 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,703
proposed penalties
$4,589
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $114 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
355
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: 355 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Northern Sand & Gravel has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
47 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-15.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 2,266 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,693 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 2,283 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,013 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,227 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,728 1 0 268.2
2023 Q3 4,744 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,076 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 2,851 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,730 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,584 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 2,775 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,239 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,571 2 0 437.5
2021 Q1 497 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,162 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,922 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,536 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 2,811 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,177 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,221 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 2,926 3 0 1025.3
2018 Q3 4,895 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,144 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 3,368 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,720 1 0 148.8
2017 Q2 6,942 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 665 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,176 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,118 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,894 1 0 145.1
2016 Q1 1,526 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,962 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,498 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,693 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 634 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,461 3 1 464.3
2014 Q3 8,995 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,529 1 0 132.8
2014 Q1 792 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 7,581 3 0 395.7
2013 Q3 9,015 1 0 110.9
2013 Q2 8,199 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 5,323 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,290 2 0 274.3
2012 Q2 5,986 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,626 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,653 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,172 4 0 557.7
2011 Q2 3,681 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 745 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,848 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,587 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,984 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 341 4 1 11730.2
2009 Q3 4,797 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,935 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,546 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,439 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,621 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 604 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,111 1 0 321.4
2007 Q3 6,064 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,162 1 0 162.3
2007 Q1 715 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,699 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,192 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,054 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 731 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,447 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,148 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,859 2 0 518.3
2005 Q1 271 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,426 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,833 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,565 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,482 5 0 2014.5
2003 Q3 5,440 1 0 183.8
2003 Q2 4,514 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 113 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,146 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,102 5 0 819.4
2002 Q2 5,301 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,113 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,658 4 1 522.3
2001 Q2 7,414 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 291 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,996 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 12,809 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 11,361 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 700 2 1 2857.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2020 · 1 incident

August 11, 2020 MN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Strata Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee cut the right index finger with a grinder while attempting to clean up workspace. Employee failed to unplug the grinder and hit the trigger when they picked it up.

2013 · 1 incident

May 15, 2013 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Strata Corp · Struck by flying object

Pounding on a loader tooth with a hammer.

2010 · 1 incident

June 21, 2010 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Strata Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mechanics were hammaring a retaining bin into a bucket. The hammar glanced off of the pin and struck one mechanic in the mouth, loosening teeth.

2004 · 1 incident

November 29, 2004 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Strata Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Getting into a drill truck at mine site, he slipped on entry step, caught himself, but sprained or strained low back.

2003 · 1 incident

September 15, 2003 MN · Metal/Non-Metal
Strata Corp · -

MINER REPORT BACK PAIN ON 9-15-03, BUT NO SPECIFIC WORK RELATED CAUSE GIVEN MINER WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR AND RETURNED TO WORK ON 9-17-03. WORK COMP CLAIM FILED AND MINER REFERED TO MINER COMPLAI NED OF FURTHER BACK PAINS LOST TIME STARTED ON 9/25/03 NOT SURE IF WORK RELATED.

2002 · 1 incident

June 17, 2002 MN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Strata Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO DISCONNECT/ UNCOUPLE RAIL CARS HELD COUPLER DISCONNECT TOO LONG AND WEDGED LEFT ARM BETWEEN PICKUP DOOR AND PICKUP.

1999 · 1 incident

May 11, 1999 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Strata Corp · Contact with electrical current

EE WAS WORKING ON A 24" ROCK CONVEYOR CONVEYOR RAN BACKWARD- WENT INTO ELECTRICAL BOX BUT DID FNOT SHUT OFF SERVICE DISCONNECT.

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