BISON MINE has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 13 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 8,395 | 1 | 0 | 119.1 |
| 2025 Q3 | 8,634 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 8,467 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 8,335 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 7,870 | 2 | 0 | 254.1 |
| 2024 Q3 | 8,686 | 1 | 0 | 115.1 |
| 2024 Q2 | 13,369 | 1 | 1 | 74.8 |
| 2024 Q1 | 12,062 | 2 | 0 | 165.8 |
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 11,775 | 1 | 0 | 84.9 |
| 2023 Q3 | 13,042 | 1 | 0 | 76.7 |
| 2023 Q2 | 10,752 | 6 | 0 | 558.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 9,682 | 1 | 0 | 103.3 |
| 2022 Q4 | 9,454 | 3 | 0 | 317.3 |
| 2022 Q3 | 10,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 10,274 | 1 | 0 | 97.3 |
| 2022 Q1 | 9,020 | 1 | 0 | 110.9 |
| 2021 Q4 | 8,364 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 7,046 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 7,625 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 6,238 | 2 | 0 | 320.6 |
| 2020 Q4 | 4,621 | 1 | 0 | 216.4 |
| 2020 Q3 | 4,187 | 5 | 1 | 1194.2 |
| 2020 Q2 | 3,101 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,790 | 1 | 1 | 358.4 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,095 | 2 | 0 | 954.7 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,150 | 1 | 0 | 465.1 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,429 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,489 | 1 | 0 | 401.8 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,472 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,422 | 1 | 1 | 412.9 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,653 | 1 | 0 | 376.9 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,448 | 1 | 0 | 290.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 3,614 | 1 | 0 | 276.7 |
| 2017 Q3 | 5,644 | 16 | 2 | 2834.9 |
| 2017 Q2 | 6,036 | 10 | 3 | 1656.7 |
| 2017 Q1 | 4,048 | 16 | 2 | 3952.6 |
| 2016 Q4 | 4,473 | 10 | 2 | 2235.6 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,978 | 2 | 0 | 502.8 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,473 | 1 | 0 | 287.9 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,841 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,810 | 2 | 0 | 1105.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 528 | 2 | 0 | 3787.9 |
| 2015 Q2 | 528 | 1 | 0 | 1893.9 |
| 2015 Q1 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Employees found the fall as they were entering into the mine at main 8 face out by. The fall area was approximately 40' long, 40' wide. MSHA was notified within 15 minutes of the fall being discovered. The 103 (k) order was modified by MSHA.
A roof fall occurred in 1R2 between crosscuts 7 and 8. The area was approximately 40'x 40'. MSHA was notified within 15 minutes of the fall occurring and the prior 103 (K) order was expanded.
Foreman was conducting workplace examination of the mine and discovered a roof fall at the intersection of 1R4 and 1RC10.The fall area is approximately 40' long, 35' wide, and 12' high. MSHA was notified within 15 minutes of the fall being discovered. A 103 (k) order was issued by MSHA.
Employee was standing inby the roof bolter in Entry 1R6 looking for loose material to hand scale. A piece of stone, approximately 2'x2'x3" fell and hit the employee in the hard hat and right shoulder. EE received a shoulder contusion.
While changing steels on the roof bolter, the steel slipped from the employee's hand. It struck EE on the top of EE's left foot behind the steel toed portion of EE's boot. EE was diagnosed with a fracture of the 4th metatarsal bone.
Employee was installing a 7' roof bolt when EE felt a pain in the arm. EE was diagnosed with a left rotator cuff tear.
Foreman was conducting workplace examination of the mine. Foreman saw the roof fall when foreman entered into Main 10 from Main 9. The roof fall is in by of crosscut 10. The exact date of the roof fall is unknown because the mine was unoccupied on 12/14/2019 and 12/15/2019. MSHA was notified within 15 minutes of the fall being discovered.
Injured was installing tail pulley guard on the dump belt under the crusher. As they were trying to position the guard, employee suffered low back strain.
Employee slipped while exiting a drill during a rainstorm. Employee bruised chest and was in pain the next morning.
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.