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Wash Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Bismarck, Burleigh County, ND  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200776

Wash Plant #1 has $9K 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
2
Years on record
2000–2009
Latest incident
May 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
61
citations
12
significant & substantial
$8,789
proposed penalties
$7,971
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $818 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
30
inspections on record
377
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: 377 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wash Plant #1 has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 1,317 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,088 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,641 1 1 609.4
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,205 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,326 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,749 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,115 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,120 7 0 6250.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 599 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,484 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 148 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 804 4 1 4975.1
2021 Q2 289 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 214 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 574 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 695 2 0 2877.7
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 84 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 876 1 0 1141.6
2019 Q2 284 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 608 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 516 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 104 1 0 9615.4
2017 Q3 1,035 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 492 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 216 5 1 23148.1
2016 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 366 1 0 2732.2
2015 Q4 459 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 483 1 0 2070.4
2015 Q2 2,540 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 1 0 1000000.0
2014 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 437 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,792 3 1 791.1
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,708 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,615 1 0 619.2
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,898 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,912 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,759 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,526 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,729 2 1 1156.7
2011 Q3 2,851 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,068 4 0 3745.3
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 792 1 0 1262.6
2010 Q2 1,608 2 0 1243.8
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,339 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 274 4 0 14598.5
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 573 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 208 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,741 8 1 4595.1
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 2,322 5 2 2153.3
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 3,246 2 0 616.1
2000 Q3 5,400 5 4 925.9
2000 Q2 4,355 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 1 incident

May 20, 2009 ND · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation-North Central · Struck by falling object

Employee was walking up a ladder on a cone crusher, as he was climbing, he looked up as a 1 1/2" diameter rock fell and hit him in the eye. He scratched his cornea, was given eye drops and returned to work.

2000 · 1 incident

August 30, 2000 ND · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Pioneer Construction Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN. HE HAD HEART PROBLEMSBEFORE COMING TO WORK FOR PIONEER. HE THOUGHT THAT HE MAY BE HAVING A HEART ATTACK

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