Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Bismarck, Burleigh County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200966

Portable Plant #2 has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Jul 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
10
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,716
proposed penalties
$1,699
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
4
inspections on record
73
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: 73 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 Plant #2 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-24.
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
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q4 214 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,026 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,260 9 1 1711.0
2015 Q1 389 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,493 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,750 1 0 266.7
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 252 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,614 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,468 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,899 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 4,950 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,758 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,604 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2013 · 1 incident

July 31, 2013 ND · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Corporation - NC Division · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Injury was not reported until 9/6/13. EE alleges that he felt a pull in his stomach while adjusting the under belt on the twin screen. He has been diagnosed with a hernia and released back to full duty but will require surgery at a later date. The accident date is a just a guess by the EE.

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