Mining Incidents

513476 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Sartell, Benton County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103348

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2004–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
14
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,337
proposed penalties
$2,337
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 Q2 2,536 4 3 1577.3
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,160 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,377 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,121 1 0 320.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

2004 · 3 incidents

November 15, 2004 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation North Central · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT JAW THAT WAS FULL OF ROCK. WHILE BENDING FORWARD AND SHOVELING OUT JAW, ROCK GAVE WAY FROM THE OVERHEAD FEEDER AND FELL ONTO HIS LOWER BACK.

October 20, 2004 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Knife River Corporation North Central · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD DUST ON HIS COVERALLS AND HARD HAT. AS HE WALKED BY THE BACK OF THE GEN SET, THE DUST BLEW INTO HIS FACE FROM THE FAN OF THE ENGINE.

June 29, 2004 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Corporation North Central · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRUSHER CHUTE PLUGGED UP. EE USED A 5 FT BAR TO TUG A PIECE OF CONCRETE FROM BEHIND. IT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CHUTE AND GOOSENECK BOLT. THE PIECE CAME LOOSE AND THE CHUTE CAME DOWN ON THE BAR AND SPUN IT AROUND & HIT EE ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD.