Mining Incidents

Bear Creek Placer Metal/Non-Metal

Drummond, Granite County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402573

Bear Creek Placer has $3K 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
1
Years on record
2018
Latest incident
Nov 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
24
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,139
proposed penalties
$3,139
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
14
inspections on record
151
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: 151 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bear Creek Placer has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-30.
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
2022 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 625 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,300 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 145 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,610 3 0 1149.4
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 390 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 245 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,830 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 680 3 0 4411.8
2018 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 480 1 0 2083.3
2017 Q2 320 4 0 12500.0
2017 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 240 1 0 4166.7
2015 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 290 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 1 0
2011 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 280 8 4 28571.4
2010 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2018 · 1 incident

November 7, 2018 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Creek Placer LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Unauthorized use of propane torch on operating head pulley (Conveyor). Pulley contacted torch and employee was contacted by head pulley. Extremity cut resulted with bone fracture and multiple stitches.

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