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Crusher #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Albert A Schellinger
Columbia Falls, Flathead County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2401385

Crusher #2 has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1989–2021
Latest incident
Apr 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
124
citations
42
significant & substantial
$33,081
proposed penalties
$26,298
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,783 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
49
inspections on record
759
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: 759 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 #2 has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 11 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-25.
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 1,197 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,262 4 1 1768.3
2025 Q2 3,112 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,650 12 1 4528.3
2024 Q4 2,253 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,929 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,012 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,490 1 0 401.6
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,858 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,027 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,279 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,202 1 0 238.0
2022 Q4 2,348 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,202 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,570 5 2 1945.5
2022 Q1 2,254 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,626 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,362 1 0 297.4
2021 Q2 3,777 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,712 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 539 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,718 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,065 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,559 7 2 4490.1
2019 Q4 2,272 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,742 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,237 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,776 14 7 7882.9
2018 Q4 1,531 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,081 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,702 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,389 10 5 7199.4
2017 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,941 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,524 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,844 3 0 1054.9
2016 Q4 1,919 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 778 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,374 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,115 3 2 1418.4
2015 Q4 1,430 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,982 1 0 504.5
2015 Q2 1,363 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,095 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,373 2 1 1456.7
2014 Q3 3,018 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,362 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 510 5 1 9803.9
2013 Q4 2,617 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,788 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,394 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,980 2 0 1010.1
2012 Q4 837 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,082 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,097 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,194 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,344 1 0 426.6
2011 Q3 2,709 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,554 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,980 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,214 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,090 1 0 323.6
2010 Q2 3,793 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,900 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,683 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,031 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,593 2 0 771.3
2009 Q1 783 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,387 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,591 5 0 1392.4
2008 Q2 3,643 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,418 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,418 1 0 184.6
2007 Q3 6,638 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,143 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,314 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,413 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,679 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,694 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,354 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,434 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,974 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,397 2 1 834.4
2004 Q4 4,110 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,205 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,630 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,950 2 0 404.0
2003 Q4 5,530 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,750 1 1 173.9
2003 Q2 6,200 10 4 1612.9
2003 Q1 1,075 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,469 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,605 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,386 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,116 9 2 2888.3
2001 Q4 3,627 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,107 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,280 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,659 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,048 17 12 3367.7
2000 Q3 5,746 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,261 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,457 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2021 · 1 incident

April 22, 2021 MT · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Miner was sitting on the counter in test trailer and slipped while trying to get off. EE struck nose on the opposite counter. EE was taken to clinic for treatment.

2018 · 1 incident

2004 · 1 incident

November 16, 2004 MT · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

SLIPPED WHILE EXITING CLEANOUT AREA AND ARM SLID INTO TAIL PULLEY OF NOW MOVING BELT

2003 · 1 incident

May 28, 2003 MT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PRY A ROCK LOOSE, THE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK & PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND JAW CRUSHER.

2002 · 3 incidents

November 21, 2002 MT · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SCREENS ON 6X20 SCREEN PLANT (STANDING ON WALKWAY WITH RAIL) WHILE SLIDING SCREEN CAUGHT HIS JACKET PULLING HIM OFF WALKWAY & HIT HIM IN THE FACE.

September 16, 2002 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT OF LOADER SIDE TO SIDE AND BOUNCING CAUSED BACK STRAIN.

July 24, 2002 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE INDICATES THAT "CONSTANT" BOUNCING IN 980G LOADER HAS CAUSED BACK PAIN.

2000 · 6 incidents

October 16, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FEED CHAIN ON DRIFTER BRAKE AS DRIFTER WAS IN MOTION UPWARDS DURING STEEL CHANGE OPERATION CAUSING THE CHAIN TO BUNCH UP AS THE HAMMER WAS FALLING. THE BUNCHED CHAIN STRUCK THE LEFT THIGH AND ON DOWN TH4E LEFT LEG. NO BROKEN BONE, BRUISED.

September 29, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

RUNNING ELEC CABLE INTO BOX WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH ANOTHER CABLE & FLASHED IN HIS FACE

September 29, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM CRUSHER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL THE REMAINING DISTANCE TO THE GROUND. WHEN HE LANDED, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE

June 19, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PLACED JAW DIE ON PITMAN (SUSPENDED) BLOCKED JAW DIE, EXCESS WEIGHT CAUSED THE JAW DIE TO ROCK LOSING THE WOOD BLOCKING AND THE DIE SWUNG BACK PINCHING THE EE BETWEEN THE JAW DIE AND THE CRUSH ER FRAMEWORK.

June 9, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING BY-PASS CHUTE ON CRUSHER WITH A BAR, SMASHED HAND BETWEEN BAR AND A PIECE OF IRON ON CRUSHER.

April 19, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER MOVING IN REVERSE WITH HIS HEAD TURNED. HE HIT A BUMP, JARRING AND TWISTING HIS BACK AND ARM.

1998 · 2 incidents

August 3, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON A LIGHT WITH THE DOOR OPEN. THE DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.

February 12, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

CREW PUTTING UP CRUSHER. HE WENT UP CONVEYOR TO ADJUST OR FIX BELTS. AS HE REACHED THE TOP OF THE CONVEYOR, IT WENT OVER CENTER (BALANCE) AND TEH CONVEYOR MOVED BACKWARDS. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF THE EAST SIDE OF CONVEYOR AND POSSIBLY HITTING A STEEL I-BEAM ON THE WAY TO THE GROUND. FALL WAS APPROX. 12-15'.

1991 · 1 incident

January 18, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GREASING TAIL GLOVE CAUGHT ON PULLEY PULLED ARM IN BROKE L ARM

1989 · 1 incident

April 17, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED STRAINED BODY FROM RUNNING FRONT END LOADER. THIS INJURY RESULTED FROM YEARS OF RUNNING HEAVY EQUIPMENT FOR OUT COMPANY AND OTHER EMPLOYERS.

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