Mining Incidents

Portable Crushing Plant #4 Metal/Non-Metal

Strata Corp · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
McKenzie, Burleigh County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200734

Portable Crushing Plant #4 has $3K 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
3
Years on record
1995–1998
Latest incident
Oct 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
25
citations
8
significant & substantial
$2,851
proposed penalties
$2,851
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
233
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: 233 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Crushing Plant #4 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-24.
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 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,234 1 0 447.6
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 990 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,531 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 1,635 2 0 1223.2
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,059 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,743 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,310 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 865 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,035 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,283 4 0 3117.7
2021 Q1 133 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 264 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 802 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 675 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,166 2 0 1715.3
2019 Q2 778 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 619 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,613 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,270 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 2,157 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,193 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,594 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,185 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 283 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,291 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,922 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,633 1 0 612.4
2014 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,827 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,076 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,805 1 0 554.0
2013 Q1 943 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,725 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 975 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,067 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,866 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,702 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 168 1 0 5952.4
2009 Q3 4,219 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,644 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,842 1 0 542.9
2008 Q3 3,201 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,786 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 528 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,874 2 1 695.9
2007 Q3 1,312 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 736 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,376 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,012 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 1,356 4 3 2949.9
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,536 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 1 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,777 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,863 1 1 258.9
2002 Q2 1,308 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 424 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 603 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,203 4 3 1815.7
2001 Q2 1,969 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 680 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,479 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,133 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,769 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

October 16, 1998 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Strata Corp · Fall from ladders

EE WAS STEPPING OFF OF LADDER ON CRUSHER. AS HE STEPPED DOWN, HE MISSTEPPED AND FRACTURED/BROKE L. ANKLE.

August 31, 1998 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Strata Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING METAL PLATE ON JAW CRUSHER EE WAS SECURING CHAIN AROUND PLATE. PLATE SLIPPED & HIT LEFTFOOT. 8 TO 10" CUT ON BOTTOM OF FOOT, DISLOCATEDTOES, BONE FRACTURE.

1995 · 1 incident

October 2, 1995 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Strata Corp · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMP WAS USING A BELT SCRAPER TO CLEAN BELT ON A SCREEN PLANT DISCHARGE CONVEYOR. SCRAPER GOT CAUGHT IN TAIL PULLEY & INSTEAD OF LETTING GO, EMP ATTEMPTED TO PULL SCRAPER OUT. LEFT ARM CAUGHT I N PULLEY.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.