Mining Incidents

Fisher Industries Plant 20 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas G Fisher
Dickinson, Sanders County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2401603

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2001–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
28
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,632
proposed penalties
$4,632
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 2,557 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,032 1 1 969.0
2025 Q2 2,347 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,554 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,487 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,468 1 1 133.9
2024 Q2 3,735 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 972 0 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

7 on file

2011 · 1 incident

November 5, 2011 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Struck against stationary object

Employee was under loader greasing. When the employee got up, his hard hat fell off and he hit his head on the lifting arms. Employee was transported by his supervisor to the hospital for stitches.

2010 · 1 incident

April 12, 2010 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by falling object

Hammer fell on EE's head (EE was wearing a hard hat and safety glasses), needed 8 staples on top of his head. Bridge of nose and eyebrow were cut. EE works on crew that works 8 days on 6 days off.

2006 · 1 incident

July 18, 2006 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was cutting belt on ground with knife and was cutting toward him. The knife slipped and cut his knee.

2003 · 1 incident

March 12, 2003 MT · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · No Value Found

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO TRAP DOOR ON TRAP DUE TO ROCK BEING STUCK, EMPLOYEE USED A PRYBAR TO MOVE ROCK. TRAP DOOR MOVED BACK INTO POSITION WHICH MADE PRY BAR COME DOWN AND PINCH EMPLOYEE'S THUM B.

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 2 incidents

November 17, 2001 MT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING CUTTING EDGES ON LOADER. EE WAS HOLDING NUT WITH HAND AND THE NUT SPUN CUTTING EE PALM ON RIGHT HAND.

October 13, 2001 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES WERE CLEANING OUT TAIL PULLEY MATERIAL(CONVEYOR LOCKED OUT) BUT MATERIAL ON BELT CAUSED BELT TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND PINCH EE'S HAND IN PULLEY. HIS LEFT HAND HAS 2 BROKEN BONES IN FING ERS AND BRUISED MUSCLES.