Mining Incidents

CRUSHER #3: 32 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Remp Sand & Gravel Inc · Surface
Controlled by Kathleen K Remp
libby, Lincoln County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401967

CRUSHER #3 has $3K 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 2003
32
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,231
proposed penalties
$3,231
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
26
inspections on record
325
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: 325 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 #3 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-16.
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.
31.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
31.2%
reasonably likely or greater
31.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 87.5% moderate, 0.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2010-01-12.
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
WEST 2010-515M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
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: 2018-07-26, 8 years ago
40%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz42 over
  • Fibers, >5um2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-08-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.41 0.34 4.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-08-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1 0.43 2.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.5 0.40 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.32 0.97 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-04-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-27 Fibers, >5um 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-27 Fibers, >5um 0 Crusher Oper/Worker

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2015-08-05, 11 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2015-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2015-08-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 SF ORE PROCESSING
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.
Ownership history
  1. Remp Sand & Gravel 1992 to 1999
  2. Remp Sand & Gravel Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 1
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CRUSHER #3 sits in Lincoln County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Lincoln County, Montana · Population 20,656
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$47,018
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
2019 Q3 869 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 474 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 496 4 1 8064.5
2018 Q3 856 1 0 1168.2
2018 Q2 758 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 141 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 366 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 915 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 958 2 2 2087.7
2017 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 524 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 822 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 976 1 0 1024.6
2016 Q1 332 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 588 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 688 2 1 2907.0
2015 Q2 844 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 92 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 781 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 710 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 534 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 822 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 765 1 0 1307.2
2013 Q2 999 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 449 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 766 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 781 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 638 1 0 1567.4
2011 Q3 931 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 765 2 1 2614.4
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 484 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 898 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 799 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 547 4 2 7312.6
2009 Q3 1,007 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 696 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 656 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 965 1 0 1036.3
2008 Q2 572 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 321 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 599 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 873 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 355 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 505 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 864 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 906 3 0 3311.3
2006 Q1 713 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 861 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 707 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 994 2 0 2012.1
2005 Q1 296 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 861 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 807 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 969 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 636 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 594 4 3 6734.0
2003 Q2 827 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 725 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 562 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 314 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 561 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 305 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 292 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 414 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 382 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 154 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.