Mining Incidents

513497 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103112

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
5
significant & substantial
$8,246
proposed penalties
$8,246
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
2025 Q4 961 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,376 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,120 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 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

3 on file

2026 · 1 incident

April 23, 2026 MN · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Corporation North Central · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting 4 inch water hose with multi tool, tool slipped and cut hand through glove. Leaving roughly a 1 inch cut.

2009 · 1 incident

July 10, 2009 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation North Central · Struck by falling object

4000 cone was packed tight with crused rock. EE entered from underneath cone to free material, when material came down on top of EE. He was smothered and confined for one hour til he was released.

2002 · 1 incident