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Knife River Corporation North CentralOperator

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
MSHA Operator ID: L00358
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
92
Mines on record
33
Years on record
2002–2025

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#604of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

For counsel + compliance teams

Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under Knife River Corporation North Central. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 10 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS28 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)18 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON15 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY12 non-fatal
  • FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
2
2024
1
2023
4
2022
3
2020
4
2019
2
2018
1
2017
2
2016
2
2015
3
2014
1
2013
6
2012
3
2011
2 (1f)
2009
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
5
2005
14
2004
10
2003
11
2002
10

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Knife River North Central
Struck by falling object

Employee was placing removable legs on a transfer conveyor. Conveyor was held in place by a loader. Removable leg fell and struck employee in the face, fatally injuring the employee.