citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 215 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
21 Mining has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2026-08-06
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-08-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.14
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-08-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
3
2024
4
2023
1
2022
1
2021
1
2020
0
2019
2
2018
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
21 Mining sits in Roosevelt County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 2.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Roosevelt County, Montana · Population 10,665
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$53,125
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
1,817
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
612
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
1,238
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
797
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q4
0
2
0
2024 Q3
2,316
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
1,500
1
0
666.7
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1
133
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
60
4
0
66666.7
2022 Q4
492
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
777
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q3
664
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
0
0
0
2020 Q1
0
1
0
2019 Q4
1,222
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
368
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,272
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
910
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
1,346
7
2
5200.6
2018 Q3
1,153
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
864
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2026 · 1 incident
July 9, 2026MT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee was not working on the date said injury occurred. They stated that they injured an abdominal muscle while working on some belting, doing routine maintenance. Last day of employment was July 7th.