trimming conveyor belting with utility knife and slipped with blade, lacerating right thigh above knee
Portable Rock Plant #3 Metal/Non-Metal
Knife River Midwest LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
MDU Resources Group Inc
Spring Grove,
Winneshiek County,
IA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103122
Portable Rock Plant #3 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1998–2006
- Latest incident
- Jun 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
34
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,802
proposed penalties
$3,702
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
11
inspections on record
180
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 180 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 Rock Plant #3 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-04-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 624 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,677 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 2,539 | 3 | 0 | 1181.6 |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 2,029 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,828 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Q2 | 2,062 | 6 | 1 | 2909.8 |
| 2007 Q1 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2,044 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 2,401 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 3,026 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,668 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 4,178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 5,222 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 4,168 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 519 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 2,953 | 6 | 1 | 2031.8 |
| 2004 Q3 | 3,208 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 8,273 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 1,179 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 3,178 | 3 | 0 | 944.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 4,062 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 4,507 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 923 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 3,961 | 8 | 4 | 2019.7 |
| 2002 Q3 | 4,720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 4,262 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 974 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 3,800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 4,854 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 8,114 | 8 | 1 | 986.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 884 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 2,881 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 3,766 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 3,851 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1,293 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2006 · 1 incident
June 7, 2006
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Midwest LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
1998 · 1 incident
April 9, 1998
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Midwest LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING HAMMERS TO BE USED IN THE IMPACT CRUSHING PLANT AND EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN WHIEL DOING SO.
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