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Beartooth Pit 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
116
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.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
54
inspections on record
668
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: 668 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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 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
2024 Q2 3,458 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,378 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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.

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