Mining Incidents

Knife River Portable Plant #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by MDU Resources Group Inc
Decorah, Woodbury County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302184

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
May 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
22
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,606
proposed penalties
$1,542
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1 1 0 1000000.0
2010 Q2 1,567 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,872 3 2 1602.6
2009 Q2 2,092 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,999 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

May 14, 2009 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Midwest LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Dislodging a large stone from the crusher jaw. Metal pry bar that was being used, kicked back and pinched finger between the pry bar and metal frame of machine.