Mining Incidents

Crusher #1 Jaw #4069 Metal/Non-Metal

Nelcon Inc · Surface
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402533

Crusher #1 Jaw #4069 has $82K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2016–2019
Latest incident
Jul 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
160
citations
46
significant & substantial
$81,682
proposed penalties
$79,865
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,817 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
45
inspections on record
776
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: 776 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher #1 Jaw #4069 has $82K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 2 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.
$82K
proposed penalties
$80K
current assessed
$80K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
154 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-18.
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 1,464 2 1 1366.1
2025 Q3 1,210 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 958 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 548 3 0 5474.5
2024 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 825 29 7 35151.5
2024 Q2 2,448 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 831 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 777 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 584 1 0 1712.3
2023 Q1 761 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 803 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,476 7 0 4742.5
2022 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 69 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 668 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,324 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,884 3 0 1592.4
2021 Q1 972 5 0 5144.0
2020 Q4 88 1 0 11363.6
2020 Q3 613 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,375 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 845 1 0 1183.4
2019 Q4 1,101 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 420 11 5 26190.5
2019 Q2 791 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 152 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,062 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,901 7 2 2413.0
2018 Q2 4,195 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 833 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,407 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,184 11 9 3454.8
2017 Q2 4,552 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 538 14 4 26022.3
2016 Q4 1,485 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,752 9 2 1332.9
2016 Q2 6,194 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,774 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,253 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 406 14 6 34482.8
2015 Q2 69 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 88 7 1 79545.5
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 926 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,796 1 0 556.8
2013 Q2 572 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,195 3 0 2510.5
2012 Q4 1,180 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,000 3 1 1500.0
2012 Q2 2,297 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,573 13 3 8264.5
2011 Q4 3,142 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,658 4 1 2412.5
2011 Q2 1,423 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,568 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 959 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 542 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,678 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,238 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,414 1 0 707.2
2009 Q3 1,404 7 3 4985.8
2009 Q2 1,245 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 637 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,060 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

July 1, 2019 MT · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor ELECTRICAL
Nelcon Inc · Contact with electrical current

Contractor climbed on a pile to measure with a metal pole. Climbed pile and came within an unsafe distance to high voltage power line, electrocuting employee.

2016 · 1 incident

March 17, 2016 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nelcon Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting cutting edges for a 980K loader out of a truck

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The full compliance file on Crusher #1 Jaw #4069

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.