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503421 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103219

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2003–2005
Latest incident
Jul 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
22
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,926
proposed penalties
$1,926
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 841 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,691 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,340 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 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

7 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

July 7, 2005 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation North Central · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in the shop changing a cone and got a foregn body in his right eye.

February 2, 2005 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Knife River Corporation North Central · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WELDING AND A PIECE OF SLAG GOT INTO HIS EYE

2004 · 3 incidents

December 14, 2004 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Knife River Corporation North Central · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS UNDERNEATH CONVEYOR, GRINDING OFF RUST ON CONVEYOR FRAME. EE GOT A PARTICLE IN HIS LEFT EYE. (PARTICLE OFF CONVEYOR FRAME WAS EXTRACTED WITH FORCEPS.)

August 27, 2004 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation North Central · Struck against stationary object

Ee was changing cone on crusher. A metal burr was protruding from the crusher bowl.

January 16, 2004 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Knife River Corporation North Central · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE THINKS HE WAS USING A GRINDER AT THE TIME OF INJURY. EXACT CAUSE BELIEVED TO BE GRINDER USE.

2003 · 2 incidents

September 26, 2003 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Corporation North Central · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A MAUL AND FENCE POST TO BREAK UP ASPHALT IN THE JAW. THE HANDLE OF THE MAUL PINCHED EE'S THUMB BETWEEN THE MAUL HANDLE AND FENCE POST.