Mining Incidents

Wash Plant #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Bismarck, Burleigh County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200967

Wash Plant #3 has $1K 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
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Dec 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,170
proposed penalties
$1,170
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
4
inspections on record
60
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: 60 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 #3 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-08-19.
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
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 359 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 361 8 2 22160.7
2015 Q2 1,060 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 71 1 0 14084.5
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 363 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,533 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 715 2 0 2797.2
2012 Q3 1,682 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 219 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

December 5, 2012 ND · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Knife River Corporation-North Central · Fall onto or against objects

While mothballing wash plant for winter, miner slipped on ice next to a light plant, falling onto the hitch of the light plant. Was examined by medical provider and given pain medication

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