Mining Incidents

Bitterroot Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jerry Cates
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402261

Bitterroot has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
17
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,489
proposed penalties
$808
paid to date
23% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,681 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
3
inspections on record
21
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: 21 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bitterroot has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$808
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-03-01.
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
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q4 779 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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