Wash Plant 2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009–2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
20
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,913
proposed penalties
$3,762
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
19
inspections on record
152
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: 152 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 2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-24.
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
1,617
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,409
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,935
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
32
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,176
1
0
850.3
2024 Q3
586
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
1,621
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
353
6
0
16997.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
1,203
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,737
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
2,483
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
1,763
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
2,768
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
3,064
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
2,963
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
2,102
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
893
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
143
1
0
6993.0
2019 Q3
1,341
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
433
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
409
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,263
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
3,126
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
1,602
1
0
624.2
2017 Q2
974
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
595
1
0
1680.7
2010 Q1
1,191
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,115
6
1
5381.2
2009 Q3
1,954
2
0
1023.5
2009 Q2
2,627
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,796
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
693
1
1
1443.0
2008 Q3
662
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
554
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
418
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
422
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
797
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
888
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
200
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
3,152
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
60
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2022 · 1 incident
April 13, 2022ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner was working on a conveyor and cleared the dust off the are they were about to work on and got dust in their eye.
2009 · 1 incident
April 24, 2009ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Hooking up chain to loader to pull manlift which was stuck, loader operator took off to soon, caught finger in chain.
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