Mining Incidents

Kalispell Portable Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Columbia Falls, Flathead County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402095

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Apr 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
37
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,233
proposed penalties
$5,845
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 386 3 1 7772.0
2025 Q3 1,438 1 0 695.4
2025 Q2 1,490 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 1 0
2024 Q4 857 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 1,298 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 2 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

April 14, 2023 MT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Knife River Missoula · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee found debris on the under belt scraper of the head pulley coming out of jaw crusher (7158) and attempted to clean it without de-energizing the piece of equipment first. This resulted in the belt grabbing the 3 foot pry bar and slamming EE's hand into the scraper and framework of the under belt. This resulted in 2 broken bones in the Right arm and hand.