Mining Incidents

Barber Pit: 50 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

SB Stone · Surface
Ryegate, Golden Valley County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402642

Barber Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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 2012
50
citations
18
significant & substantial
$6,014
proposed penalties
$2,557
paid to date
43% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,457 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
33
inspections on record
322
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: 322 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Barber Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-09-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
37.5%
significant & substantial
4.2%
high negligence or reckless
37.5%
reasonably likely or greater
10.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 87.5% moderate, 4.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2015-05-11, 11 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2015-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Wind River Stone 2012 to 2013
  2. Eastside Enterprises 2013 to 2015
  3. Ewing Stone 2015 to 2015
  4. HQ Stone Products, LLC 2015 to 2018
  5. SB Stone 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 4
2015 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Barber Pit sits in Golden Valley County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 8.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Golden Valley County, Montana · Population 840
8.7%
Mining share of county employment
$57,353
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 397 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 394 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 610 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 457 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 421 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 598 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 618 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 587 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 467 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 429 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 565 3 0 5309.7
2023 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 468 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 461 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 583 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,207 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,126 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,076 1 1 929.4
2021 Q2 1,118 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 839 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 956 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,053 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,086 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 760 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 871 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,039 3 1 2887.4
2019 Q2 727 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 740 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 318 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 711 2 1 2812.9
2017 Q1 960 6 2 6250.0
2016 Q4 2,139 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,090 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,172 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 931 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 891 8 1 8978.7
2015 Q3 1,471 1 0 679.8
2015 Q2 1,237 7 4 5658.9

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.