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Jones Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Montana Frontier Sandstone · Surface

Controlled by Bruce Barth; Marie Barth

Harlowton, Wheatland County, MT · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2402742

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2019–2022
Latest incident: Feb 2022

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2019

citations

significant & substantial

$11,110

proposed penalties

$5,953

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	1,735	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	3,656	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	3,031	6	3	1979.5
2025 Q1	2,242	3	2	1338.1
2024 Q4	2,968	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	5,024	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	2,622	1	0	381.4
2024 Q1	1,064	1	0	939.8

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2022 · 1 incident

February 18, 2022 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Montana Frontier Sandstone · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee strained back while stacking standup. "We were flat stacking and walking walk into pallets for standup and my lower back started to hurt I woke up Saturday morning and could not move from pain "

2021 · 1 incident

July 22, 2021 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Montana Frontier Sandstone · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was splitting rock with a hammer and chisel and missed the chisel and hit hand.

2019 · 1 incident

June 6, 2019 MT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Montana Frontier Sandstone · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While building stand up pallets the employee lifted a piece of stone and heard EE's elbow pop, and sharp pain go up and down EE's arm. Initially EE thought it was strained, and knowing EE's elbow often pops EE continued work.