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Verdendrye Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Strata Corp · Surface

Controlled by Knife River Corporation

Emerado, Grand Forks County, ND  ·  Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 3200386

Verdendrye Plant has $4K 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

3

Years on record

2003–2012

Latest incident

Oct 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

34

citations

7

significant & substantial

$4,011

proposed penalties

$4,011

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

40

inspections on record

506

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: 506 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Verdendrye Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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

33 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-11.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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
2025 Q4	1,287	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	2,148	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	1,582	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	0	0	0
2024 Q4	1,778	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	3,471	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	4,017	2	1	497.9
2024 Q1	0	0	0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	2,000	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	3,492	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	2,931	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	0	0	0
2022 Q4	1,793	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	3,080	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	2,103	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	0	0	0
2021 Q4	2,258	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	3,181	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	3,231	2	0	619.0
2021 Q1	160	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	834	1	0	1199.0
2020 Q3	3,562	1	0	280.7
2020 Q2	2,975	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	0	0	0
2019 Q4	2,953	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	3,229	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	2,480	2	0	806.5
2019 Q1	0	0	0
2018 Q4	2,304	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	3,302	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	3,338	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	0	0	0
2017 Q4	2,619	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	4,343	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	5,547	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	712	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	2,890	2	1	692.0
2016 Q3	4,857	1	0	205.9
2016 Q2	3,905	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	702	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	3,778	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	4,562	5	1	1096.0
2015 Q2	4,715	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	829	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	2,787	0	0	0.0
2014 Q3	3,733	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	2,917	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	844	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	2,524	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	4,004	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	3,078	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	0	0	0
2012 Q4	2,796	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	3,327	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	3,108	4	1	1287.0
2012 Q1	0	0	0
2011 Q4	1,593	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	1,682	1	0	594.5
2011 Q2	1,166	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	0	0	0
2010 Q4	1,389	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	2,475	3	0	1212.1
2010 Q2	1,369	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	0	0	0
2009 Q4	89	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	2,262	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	2,047	1	0	488.5
2009 Q1	0	0	0
2008 Q4	1,327	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	2,136	2	0	936.3
2008 Q2	1,529	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	474	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	923	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	1,406	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	1,262	2	0	1584.8
2007 Q1	522	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	1,158	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	1,612	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	1,317	1	0	759.3
2006 Q1	510	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	1,717	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	2,209	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	1,773	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	0	0	0
2004 Q4	1,371	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	1,535	2	2	1302.9
2004 Q2	1,355	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	56	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	643	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	1,313	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	1,199	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	0	0	0
2002 Q4	1,184	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	1,322	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	851	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	0	0	0
2001 Q4	593	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	777	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	663	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	374	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	498	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	768	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	762	2	1	2624.7
2000 Q1	167	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2012 · 1 incident

October 17, 2012 ND · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Strata Corp · Struck against a moving object

Alleged back strain from loader seat, loader hit a bump.

2008 · 1 incident

September 22, 2008 ND · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

Strata Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee alleges non-specific right arm pain with no cause given.

2003 · 1 incident

September 2, 2003 ND · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER

Strata Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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