Mining Incidents

Black Butte Mine Metal/Non-Metal

GCC Trident LLC · Surface
Controlled by GCC SAB de CV
White Sulfur Springs, Meagher County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402423

Black Butte Mine has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
16
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,916
proposed penalties
$1,916
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
29
inspections on record
266
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: 266 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Black Butte Mine has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-29.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 148 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 67 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 1 0
2018 Q3 32 1 0 31250.0
2018 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 72 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 152 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 78 3 0 38461.5
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 583 2 1 3430.5
2012 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 69 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 428 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 63 1 0 15873.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 40 1 0 25000.0
2009 Q3 244 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 144 3 1 20833.3
2008 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 381 2 0 5249.3
2007 Q2 246 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 227 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 37 1 0 27027.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 291 1 0 3436.4

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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