Mining Incidents

Knife River Corporation-NorthwestOperator

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
MSHA Operator ID: L16679
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
133
Mines on record
28
Years on record
2000–2026

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
#207of 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-Northwest. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 13 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS44 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON23 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)18 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE13 non-fatal
  • OTHER8 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
3
2025
3
2024
5
2023
8
2022
8
2021
4
2020
2
2019
7
2018
7
2017
9
2016
7
2015
5
2014
4
2012
4
2011
3
2010
3
2009
1
2008
3
2007
5
2006
4
2005
8 (1f)
2004
6
2003
3
2002
5
2001
9
2000
7

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Struck against a moving object

The victim was operating a track dozer to clean off a drill bench in preparation for drilling. The bench was 45 feet above the quarry floor. Apparently the victim was attmpting to turn the dozer around on the bench, backed off this area, and fell to the quarry floor.