Mining Incidents

Atkins Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert Cuffe
Eureka, Lincoln County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2401953

Atkins Pit has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
72
citations
17
significant & substantial
$11,213
proposed penalties
$11,213
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
24
inspections on record
352
inspection hours
n/a
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: 352 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Atkins Pit has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 887 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,019 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 543 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 1,071 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,032 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 460 10 2 21739.1
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 823 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,127 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,063 3 0 2822.2
2023 Q1 616 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 845 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 879 1 0 1137.7
2022 Q2 844 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 83 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 323 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 591 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 490 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 447 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 76 8 3 105263.2
2013 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 273 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 226 3 1 13274.3
2012 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 117 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 392 7 2 17857.1
2011 Q2 237 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 165 5 2 30303.0
2010 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 397 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 308 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 59 11 2 186440.7
2008 Q3 365 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 124 10 0 80645.2
2007 Q3 421 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 366 12 5 32786.9
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 268 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 403 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 508 2 0 3937.0
2006 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 156 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 477 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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