Mining Incidents

McLaughlin Site/Other Metal/Non-Metal

Rock Solid Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Bridger Bischoff
Paradise, Sanders County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402229

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
16
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,622
proposed penalties
$1,622
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
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 944 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,044 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,523 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,086 2 1 958.8
2015 Q2 359 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,288 1 0 776.4
2014 Q4 254 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

6 on file

2011 · 1 incident

June 3, 2011 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Solid Inc. · Struck by falling object

Miner dropped rock on left foot, initial exam was uncertain -- reexamination on 6-9-11 verified a hairline fracture of metatarsal on outside left behind small toe.

2004 · 1 incident

December 21, 2004 MT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Solid Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Physical labor, damage or impairment still unknown.

2002 · 3 incidents

September 10, 2002 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Solid Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS STACKING ROCK ONTO THE ROCK BOX; HE HAD PLACED A RANDOM PIECE OF ROCK AT THE BACK OF THE BOX. WHEN HE TOSSED THE NEXT ROCK INTO THE BOX, THE BACK PIECE FELL AND SEVERELY SMASHED HIS THU MB. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS REFERRED TO A BONE AND JOINT SPECIALIST.

August 6, 2002 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Solid Inc. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

A ROCK CAME DOWN THE ROCK SLIDE AND HIT EE IN THE LT. KNEE, LEAVING A DEEP LACERATION, OTHER EE WITNESSED THIS INCIDENT AND DROVE INJURED EE TO THE E.R. AT HOSPITAL WHERE THEY SUTURED KNEE.

January 2, 2002 MT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Solid Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SMASHED LEFT LITTLE DISTAL FINGER WHILE STACKINGROCKS INTO THE PALLETS. SPLIT OPEN END OF FINGERNEEDED STITCHES.

2001 · 1 incident

November 21, 2001 MT · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rock Solid Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS COMING DOWN OFF THE MOUNTAIN. HE STEPPED FROM ONE ROCK TO ANOTHER THAT HAD MOSS ON IT. HE SLIPPED, FALLING DOWN ONTO HIS KNEES AND ELBOWS. RT. KNEE APPARENTLY HIT FIRST.