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Belgrade Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Knife River · Surface

Controlled by Knife River Corporation

Belgrade, Gallatin County, MT · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2400462

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2000–2014
Latest incident: Jan 2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

139

citations

significant & substantial

$26,721

proposed penalties

$26,608

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	10,332	2	0	193.6
2025 Q3	1,240	2	0	1612.9
2025 Q2	1,189	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	664	1	1	1506.0
2024 Q4	10,086	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	11,049	7	0	633.5
2024 Q2	9,600	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	926	5	0	5399.6

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2014 · 1 incident

January 22, 2014 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Knife River · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was walking across yard slipped on snow covered ice. He had a quad tendon rupture in his left knee.

2009 · 1 incident

July 17, 2009 MT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Knife River · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using pry bar to push punch plate - plate slipped off bar hitting tip of finger.

2004 · 1 incident

March 30, 2004 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Knife River · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN SCREEN, HE WAS BEING HANDED PIECES OF FLAT METAL. PIECE OF IRON CAUGHT HIM IN THE LEFT EYELID - 3 STITCHES - PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR WAS PROVIDED BUT NOT WORN.

2001 · 1 incident

June 18, 2001 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Jtl Group Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT AT THE CRUSHER, HE WAS WEARING LEATHER GLOVES (PPE) WRENCH SLIPPED, HIS HAND SLIPPED HITTING A PIECE OF METAL, WENT THROUGH THE GLOVE CUTTING 4TH FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

2000 · 1 incident

September 19, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Jtl Group Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A BOLT, WRENCH SLIPPED CUTTING INSIDE OF THE HAND.