Mining Incidents

Knife River operator

Controlled by MDU Resources Group Inc
MSHA operator ID: L16370
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Mines on record
5
Years on record
2000–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
223
citations
54
significant & substantial
$33,753
proposed penalties
$33,753
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
99
inspections on record
1,324
inspection hours
16.8
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.
223 citations across 1,324 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$34K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
219 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-07-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2009
2
2007
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
1
2000
4

Mines on record

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