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Beartooth Pit: 117 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Donald Beer; Andrea Beer
Columbus, Stillwater County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402295

Beartooth Pit has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Oct 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
117
citations
30
significant & substantial
$46,337
proposed penalties
$46,337
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Stillwater Excavating's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
55
inspections on record
680
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: 680 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Beartooth Pit has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$46K
proposed penalties
$46K
current assessed
$46K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
116 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $308 in penalties contested before the Commission, $308 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-05.
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.
25.6%
significant & substantial
7.7%
high negligence or reckless
25.6%
reasonably likely or greater
37.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.1% low, 81.2% moderate, 7.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$308 proposed, $308 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-08-28.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2012-1391M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $308 → $308
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-08-05
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2014-07-29, 12 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2014-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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. Riverside Gravel & Trucking 2002 to 2018
  2. Stillwater Excavating 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 3
2024 4
2023 4
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 1
2018 3
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Beartooth Pit sits in Stillwater County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 13.1% 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.
Stillwater County, Montana · Population 9,052
13.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,503
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 1,103 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,450 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,095 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,217 3 0 2465.1
2025 Q2 2,541 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 558 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,520 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,642 1 0 609.0
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,458 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,378 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,979 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,675 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,677 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 568 2 0 3521.1
2022 Q4 1,051 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,390 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,596 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,516 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 990 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,621 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,497 2 0 1336.0
2021 Q1 734 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,312 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,803 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,362 2 1 1468.4
2020 Q1 589 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,341 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q2 1,619 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 250 5 1 20000.0
2017 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 880 6 3 6818.2
2017 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 420 10 4 23809.5
2016 Q3 960 2 0 2083.3
2016 Q2 880 1 0 1136.4
2016 Q1 420 3 0 7142.9
2015 Q4 760 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 960 25 7 26041.7
2015 Q2 972 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 920 6 1 6521.7
2014 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 960 6 2 6250.0
2014 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 480 6 1 12500.0
2013 Q4 840 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 920 2 0 2173.9
2013 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 640 4 0 6250.0
2012 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 960 10 3 10416.7
2012 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 320 5 3 15625.0
2010 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 960 6 3 6250.0
2010 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 960 2 0 2083.3
2009 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 930 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 960 2 0 2083.3
2006 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 832 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 942 3 1 3184.7
2004 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 960 1 0 1041.7
2003 Q1 873 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,040 1 0 961.5
2002 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2021 · 1 incident

October 11, 2021 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Stillwater Excavating · Struck against a moving object

Our employee was backing up a skidsteer and was looking over EE's shoulder to inspect area and drove over a rock that jarred EE's back.