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Parker Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Knife River-South Dakota · Surface

Controlled by Knife River Corporation

Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, SD · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 3900230

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2000–2002
Latest incident: May 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$5,400

proposed penalties

$5,400

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	Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4	0	0
2010 Q3	0	0
2010 Q2	0	0
2010 Q1	45	0	0.0
2009 Q4	227	1	4405.3
2009 Q3	150	0	0.0
2009 Q2	5	0	0.0
2009 Q1	17	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

3 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

May 7, 2002 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Knife River-South Dakota · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS HAMMERING WEDGES IN TO TIGHTEN THE SCREENS ON PLANT. THE ONE BEHIND THE MOTOR, WHEN STRUCK, CAME BACK OUT HITTING EE BY THE LEFT EYE.

March 19, 2002 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Knife River-South Dakota · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TAKING A WATER HOSE TO THE TOP OF THE TWINSCREW TO START TO WASH DOWN THE LADDER SHIFTED POSITIONS HOSE PULLED HIM BACK CAUSING A FALL.

2000 · 1 incident

February 7, 2000 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE

Knife River-South Dakota · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DUMPING ON WASTE PILE, LEFT REAR WHEELS HIT BEAM. TRUCK SLIPPED OVER THE EDGE. TRUCK SLID AND ROLLED APPROX 50-60' AND ENDED IN UPRIGHT POSITION. DRIVER CRAWLED OUT AND WALKED AWAY FROM TRUCK. DRIVER WAS WEARING SEAT BELT.