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KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST

W DALCROSS DR., BOISE, ID, 83714
Operated by Knife River Corp · 1 of 191 establishments
238910Site Preparation Contractors

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OSHA inspections
1
over 3 years
Violations
4
$89,985 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 3 years of recorded history, with $89,985 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 81st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 458 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST appears in OSHA workplace safety and MSHA mine safety records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
1
0.3 / yr · last 3 yrs
Violations
4
1.3 / yr
Penalties
$89,985
$22,496 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 1

100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $89,985 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1926.0651 C0211$85,470Jan 2023Jan 2023
29 CFR 1926.0651 K0211$4,515Jan 2023Jan 2023
29 CFR 1926.0652 A0111Jan 2023Jan 2023
29 CFR 1926.0652 G01 II11Jan 2023Jan 2023

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

81st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 2389 within ID. Peer group: 458 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $225
Inspection frequency
0th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Referral
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
3 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

Company-level in ID — for Knife River Corp, not this location alone

Violations
32
Assessed penalties
$8,771

Mine Safety & Health Administration — citations issued at mining operations. MSHA records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Knife River Corp operations in the same state.

MSHA citations

Mine Safety and Health Administration citations. S&S (significant and substantial) marks violations that could reasonably contribute to a serious injury. Negligence rating is MSHA’s operator-culpability assessment (none, low, moderate, high, or reckless disregard). Proposed = assessed at issuance; Paid = post-settlement / appeal. 32 citations · 3S&S · $8,771 proposed / $8,620 paid.

CitationMineDateSectionS&SNegligenceProposedPaid
9990546
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Jan 2025YesHighNegligence$2,503$2,503
9990561
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Jan 2025YesModNegligence$1,818$1,818
5059125
Wash Plant 2
Ada, ID
Mar 2026NoLowNegligence$151
9680543
Crusher #2
Bonneville, ID
Apr 2025NoLowNegligence$151$151
9680541
Wash Plant
Bonneville, ID
Apr 2025NoLowNegligence$151$151
9990562
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Jan 2025NoModNegligence$151$151
9990560
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Jan 2025NoLowNegligence$151$151
9990559
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Jan 2025NoModNegligence$151$151
9990558
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Jan 2025NoModNegligence$151$151
9990557
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Jan 2025NoLowNegligence$151$151
9990556
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Jan 2025NoLowNegligence$151$151
9990555
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Jan 2025NoModNegligence$151$151
9990537
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Nov 2024NoLowNegligence$147$147
9990536
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Nov 2024NoModNegligence$147$147
9990535
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Nov 2024NoModNegligence$147$147
9990506
Wash Plant
Bonneville, ID
Oct 2024NoLowNegligence$147$147
9990505
Crusher #2
Bonneville, ID
Oct 2024NoModNegligence$147$147
9769204
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Sep 2024NoLowNegligence$147$147
9769203
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Sep 2024NoModNegligence$147$147
9769202
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Sep 2024NoModNegligence$147$147
9769201
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Sep 2024NoLowNegligence$147$147
9611494
Wash Plant
Bonneville, ID
May 2024YesLowNegligence$147$147
9990534
Wash Plant 2
Ada, ID
Apr 2024NoLowNegligence$147$147
9611495
Crusher #2
Bonneville, ID
Apr 2024NoLowNegligence$147$147
9611972
Wash Plant 2
Ada, ID
Mar 2024NoModNegligence$147$147
9611971
Wash Plant 2
Ada, ID
Mar 2024NoModNegligence$147$147
9611970
Wash Plant 2
Ada, ID
Mar 2024NoLowNegligence$147$147
9611969
Wash Plant 2
Ada, ID
Mar 2024NoLowNegligence$147$147
9611968
Wash Plant 2
Ada, ID
Mar 2024NoLowNegligence$147$147
9611967
Wash Plant 2
Ada, ID
Mar 2024NoModNegligence$147$147
9611960
Crusher #1
Ada, ID
Mar 2024NoModNegligence$147$147
9611493
Wash Plant
Bonneville, ID
Jan 2024NoLowNegligence$147$147

Source: MSHA citation database. “Contractor” annotations indicate the cited party was on-site at the mine but not the mine’s operator -- responsibility attaches to the contractor LLC, not the mine’s owner. Section codes reference 30 CFR (the Mine Safety and Health regulations).

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC. (across 46 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$25.9M
Obligated (all-time)
$255.8M
Awards (all-time)
1,036

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2022-07-20Referral42$89,985

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST is one of 191 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Knife River Corp.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Knife River Corp across all 191 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in site preparation contractors within ID, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Knife River Corp, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Knife River Corp, which operates 191 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST's OSHA violation history?
KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 4 violations and $89,985 in total penalties.
How does KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST's safety record compare to its industry?
KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION - MOUNTAIN WEST operates in the site preparation contractors industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5.