Mining Incidents

Spomac/Fabtech Wash Plant #4050 Metal/Non-Metal

Nelcon Inc · Surface
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402173

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2004–2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
91
citations
28
significant & substantial
$30,253
proposed penalties
$24,003
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 33 1 1 30303.0
2025 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 12 10 5 833333.3
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 41 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

2 on file

2005 · 1 incident

June 8, 2005 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nelcon Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS ON BACK OF BOBCAT LOADER FOR COUNTERWEIGHT TO COUNTERBALANCE HEAVY LOAD. BOBCAT TIPPED AND FELL FORWARD, DROPPING PART OF LOAD. LOADER BOUNCED BACK UP QUICKLY AS EE WAS FALLING FORWARD, SO HE HIT HIS FACE ON THE CAB OF THE BOBCAT, INJURING HIS NOSE, BREAKING HIS GLASSES, ETC.

2004 · 1 incident

May 7, 2004 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nelcon Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJUSTING STEEL PLATES ON TRAP FEEDER, FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PLATE AND TRAP.