Mining Incidents

Rip Rap: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 2100519

Rip Rap has $2K 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 2001
21
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,005
proposed penalties
$2,005
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
18
inspections on record
195
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: 195 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rip Rap has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-08-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
14.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.8% low, 76.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2010-06-30, 16 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Granite City Ready-Mix Inc 1950 to 2007
  2. Knife River North Central 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 3
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 4
2006 6
2005 7
2004 6
2003 6
2002 5
2001 6
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rip Rap sits in Benton County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Benton County, Minnesota · Population 41,458
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,480
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,201 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 817 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,691 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 195 2 0 10256.4
2013 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 235 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 842 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 151 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 761 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 368 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 165 1 1 6060.6
2010 Q3 325 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 216 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 136 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 59 1 0 16949.2
2008 Q3 251 7 0 27888.4
2008 Q2 44 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 214 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 385 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 418 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 3,107 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,715 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,522 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,949 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,180 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,035 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,595 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,222 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,797 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,050 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,054 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,037 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,817 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,011 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,943 2 1 507.2
2003 Q1 3,286 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,739 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,723 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,563 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 4,463 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,834 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,751 8 1 2132.8
2001 Q1 2,371 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,384 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,316 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,323 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,062 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.