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Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1002170

Wash Plant has $6K 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
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Nov 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
40
citations
12
significant & substantial
$6,120
proposed penalties
$6,120
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
27
inspections on record
291
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: 291 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 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-14.
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 1,280 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,554 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 976 1 0 1024.6
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,497 1 0 668.0
2024 Q3 1,113 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 826 2 1 2421.3
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,580 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,637 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,775 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,148 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,166 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,234 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,540 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,033 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,894 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,689 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,790 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,604 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,602 1 0 131.5
2020 Q3 8,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 10,048 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 9,901 1 0 101.0
2019 Q4 7,970 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,129 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,946 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,420 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,377 2 1 372.0
2018 Q3 8,516 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 9,124 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,130 3 1 489.4
2017 Q4 7,170 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,051 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,981 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,992 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,467 4 0 731.7
2016 Q3 7,857 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,849 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,745 3 1 801.1
2015 Q3 7,350 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,062 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 612 4 0 6535.9
2013 Q4 1,697 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,394 1 0 417.7
2012 Q2 970 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 593 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 2,317 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 812 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 677 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 577 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 529 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 295 11 6 37288.1
2009 Q2 2,174 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 573 4 2 6980.8
2008 Q4 304 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 734 2 0 2724.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

November 21, 2019 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Southern Idaho Division · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee cut a finger using a utility knife performing maintenance.

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