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Crusher #2: 124 MSHA citations 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 $2K 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
$33,425
proposed penalties
$26,298
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,127 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Schellinger Construction Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
49
inspections on record
760
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: 760 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2018-02-01.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Crusher #2 has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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
$2K
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
Of $18K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
34.4%
significant & substantial
4.1%
high negligence or reckless
36.9%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.6% none, 17.2% low, 77.0% moderate, 4.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 83%
  • Still open 1 · 17%
75%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
42%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $3K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2026-01-21.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20010483M Settlement Schroeder 2002 $5K → $4K
WEST 2020-0324 Settlement Miller 2020 $5K → $3K
WEST20010404M Settlement Schroeder 2002 $3K → $2K
CENT20010174M Settlement Schroeder 2002 $3K → $2K
CENT20010175M Settlement Schroeder 2001 $928 → $742
WEST20020406M Settlement Manning 2002 $609 → $456
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-08-13
36%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
14
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz145 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Show the individual readings (27)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-08-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 0.33 2.82 Bobcat Operator
2000-10-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.4 1.05 Sampler, Dust
2000-10-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.29 0.31 4.16 Cleanup Man
2000-10-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.02 0.37 2.76 Supervisor, Co. Official
2000-10-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.94 0.3 3.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-08-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.35 0.37 Scraper Operator
2025-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2014-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.28 0.89 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.34 0.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-03-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-03-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-03-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-03-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.61 0.64 Cleanup Man
2003-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.33 0.73 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.88 0.34 Cleanup Man
2003-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.35 0.91 Sampler, Dust
2001-06-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.38 0.89 Cleanup Man
2001-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-06-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.62 0.23 Supervisor, Co. Official
2000-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Crusher #2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Montana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.42 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 9.13 9.13 0.000
2002 * 26.58 17.72 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Schellinger Construction Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 6
2024 6
2023 6
2022 6
2021 6
2020 6
2019 6
2018 7
2017 6
2016 6
2015 6
2014 7
2013 6
2012 6
2011 6
2010 6
2009 6
2008 9
2007 10
2006 11
2005 12
2004 11
2003 11
2002 11
2001 10
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher #2 sits in Flathead County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Flathead County, Montana · Population 108,445
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$71,327
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 4,207 2 0 475.4
2026 Q1 3,091 0 0 0.0
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
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,012 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,490 1 0 401.6
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 9 3 1451.6
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 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

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

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.