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Wash Plant 45720: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Bemidji, Beltrami County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103358

Wash Plant 45720 has $2K 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
2014
Latest incident
Aug 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
22
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,810
proposed penalties
$1,810
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River Materials's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
21
inspections on record
169
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: 169 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 45720 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-05-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
13.6%
significant & substantial
4.5%
high negligence or reckless
13.6%
reasonably likely or greater
40.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 77.3% moderate, 4.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2014-09-23, 11 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2013-09-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Knife River Materials 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 1
2019 2
2018 3
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 1
2010 0
2009 1
2008 1
2007 6
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wash Plant 45720 sits in Beltrami County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Beltrami County, Minnesota · Population 46,421
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$67,257
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2020 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 377 2 1 5305.0
2019 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 722 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 230 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 433 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 458 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 326 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 147 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 343 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 237 2 0 8438.8
2015 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 314 2 0 6369.4
2014 Q2 191 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 296 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 132 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 128 1 0 7812.5
2012 Q3 308 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 285 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 159 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 173 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 130 1 1 7692.3
2009 Q3 337 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 296 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 694 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 594 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 842 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,530 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,191 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 418 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,078 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,993 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 690 5 0 7246.4
2005 Q3 2,658 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 31 1 0 32258.1
2004 Q3 470 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 762 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 1 0
2003 Q3 137 7 1 51094.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

August 18, 2014 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Placing guard on conveyor after replacing drive belts, guard slipped and the employee attempted to catch the guard, guard cut through glove and R ring finger, this required 7 stitches.