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Bear Creek Placer: 24 MSHA citations 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.
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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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
16.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 87.5% moderate, 0.0% 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.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2019-07-23, 7 years ago
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2017-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2017-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
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. Bear Creek Placer LLC 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 3
2021 0
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 2
2016 3
2015 4
2014 0
2013 0
2012 0
2011 2
2010 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bear Creek Placer sits in Granite County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 5.7% 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.
Granite County, Montana · Population 3,419
5.7%
Mining share of county employment
$54,646
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
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.