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
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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.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 5 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2009
2
2007
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
1
2000
4
Mines on record
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