Mining Incidents

Star Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Strata Corp · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Grand Forks, Barnes County, ND  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200706

Star Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2000
22
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,666
proposed penalties
$3,297
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $369 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
398
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: 398 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Star Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-05.
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 Q4 1,113 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,421 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 52 1 1 19230.8
2024 Q3 465 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 494 2 0 4048.6
2023 Q3 726 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 112 1 0 8928.6
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 505 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 301 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 373 3 0 8042.9
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 142 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 112 1 0 8928.6
2020 Q2 437 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 209 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 474 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 582 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 114 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 153 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 226 1 0 4424.8
2016 Q1 872 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 100 1 0 10000.0
2015 Q2 2,452 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,131 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,514 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,275 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,500 1 0 400.0
2014 Q1 1,090 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,437 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,524 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,890 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,276 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 96 4 0 41666.7
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 8 5 1 625000.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 297 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,629 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 204 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 865 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 780 2 2 2564.1
2000 Q1 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.

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The full compliance file on Star Plant

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.