Mining Incidents

43322 Metal/Non-Metal

Knife River · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Little Falls, Morrison County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103129

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
53
citations
11
significant & substantial
$12,664
proposed penalties
$12,664
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
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 5 1 5000000.0
2018 Q3 1 6 0 6000000.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 950 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,622 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 28, 2005 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-City Paving, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Two employees were repositioning a conveyor. One was on the loader which was pulling the conveyor. The victim was directing and somehow got caught under the conveyor tire, crushing him.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2006 · 1 incident

May 22, 2006 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tri-City Paving, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The crew was changing a bearing on the sand stacker. The come-along was being used it snapped and hit employees hand, took a chunk out of index finger on left hand.

2001 · 1 incident

October 5, 2001 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-City Paving, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SETTING UP THE JAW CRUSHER. HE PINCHED HIS RING FINGER OF LT. HAND BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF WOOD BLOCKING.

2000 · 1 incident

August 15, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-City Paving, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SOME WOOD BLOCKING AND TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.