Mining Incidents

SUMMIT PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Portable, Roberts County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3900226

SUMMIT PIT has $165 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
8
Years on record
1991–1996
Latest incident
Nov 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$165
proposed penalties
$165
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
5
inspections on record
38
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: 38 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SUMMIT PIT has $165 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.
$165
proposed penalties
$165
current assessed
$165
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-05-21.
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
2002 Q4 4,419 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,279 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,488 1 0 222.8
2002 Q1 1,001 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,593 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,577 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,917 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,523 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 4,253 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,104 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,887 2 0 339.7
2000 Q1 544 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1996 · 1 incident

November 18, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Concrete Materials-Div/Sweetman Construction Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EXTREME ICE CONDITIONS - EE WAS GOING FROM THE SHOP TO THE PLANT - SLIPPED ON ICE FELL BACKWARDS - LOWER BACK WENT OUT OF PLACE.

1995 · 1 incident

September 5, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Concrete Materials-Div/Sweetman Construction Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GUIDING THE CRUSHER BOWL INTO THE FRAME, IT CAME DOWN AND BOUNCED AGAINST FRAMED. EE'S HAND SLIPPED AND HIS THUMB GOT CAUGHT ON ONE OF THE NUTS.

1994 · 2 incidents

1992 · 3 incidents

May 22, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER

STRIPPING AND SETTING FORMS- WIND BLOWING HARD- LOADER STIRRED UP SAND.

1991 · 1 incident

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